Here is our design for a Solar Carport, building on a stand alone Metal Structure.
Spare the roof for visually aesthetic reason, also for safety concerns.
They can be multiple different designs.
1.Solar Glass Panels
CIGS Thin Film Solar Glass panels or Bifacial Thin Silicon Glass panels
There are solar glasses that you can use as building material. – can harvest more solar energy.
If you had lands for this kind of stand alone metal structures? Then we will recommend Bifacial Solar Panels that can absorb reflective sun light from beneath.
They are ultra thin, laminated in 2 top/bottom tempered glass.
So your stand alone metal structure with PV glasses as roof
It can receive sunlight from above and then reflected sunlight from below. Double exposure!
2. Concentration of Sun lights
You can also add reflector/mirror to increase the amp production of solar panels
Overheating will not be a problem for mounting PV on top of a metal structure.
Air flow from beneath can cool down the energized solar array!
Maximum Concentration ratio for silicon panel is 3X sun light influx
10X Sun Light Influx for CIGS Thin Film Solar Panels
3. Fire Chief’s Alert
Fire Chief had asked Californian to reconsider to build Solar Array away from the conventional Gable roof?
Because during a fire, the fire fighters many not find the Solar Disconnect to disable the PV array.
If there is a high voltage, normally 1500V solar array? The Fire Fighters have the right to decline to go up to the roof.
Because they need to break a big hole to inject fire retardant foam to save the houses that are on fire.
4. Cleaning of the PV array
PV panels gather dusts and need to be cleaned once a while. Going to the roof will be a task unsafe for home owners
An stand alone Metal structure could be easily cleaned by a water hose or a long brush.
5.Federal Income Tax 30% Credit for Residential Solar System & Equipment:
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In the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the tax credit will begin at 30% and step down to 26% in 2033 and 22% in 2034.
==>Download form from this link and give to your accountant
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f5695.pdf
2022~2032: 30%
2033: 26%
2034: 22%
New Features:
- Included Storage Investment, either combine with solar or separately
- Tax Credit Deduction can be extended to Next year if the first year tax amount is lower than credit.
admin –
Greeting! Thank you for feedback from Germany!
Our company had been hired to remove solar roof top system built other installer. So the desparately home owner can repair the leacking roof. The original installer was charging $4,500 to remove and put it back, charging like a new installation. The home owner had found us, we had done it for $1000 but the home owner only paid $800. We were cheated being a good Sanmaritian. God judges people, we are not!
Anyway, you can see the solar roof top installation may have issues. Building an independent metal structure will be a better solution to renewable home energy need.
admin –
Great to share the important information about solar energy!
Floy –
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Best regards,
Lunding Dencker
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