Design Components for Solar PV, Solar Thermal and Wind Energy System
Photovoltaic Components: From 5 watt modules to 1gigawatt systems
Residential and Commercial PV Systems

Select a PV component from the drop-down below for data sheet pages

Residential PV systems are more often grid-tied without batteries where solar PV markets are mature, sending all energy into the grid.
Battery systems are necessary for off-grid applications where utility is unavailable and occasionally installed as backup power in applications where internal combustion engine generators are not the preferred option.

Installed cost for grid-tied systems will vary between $7 to $9 per watt depending on size and installation characteristics. Installed costs for battery systems will vary much more widely; somewhere between $10 to $15 per watt.

Commercial PV systems are always grid interactive and use some of the same PV modules as residential systems. Typically the PV module will be selected because of the benefit of cost, voltage and amperage characteristics.
Inverters can range from small to large depending on the application. They will almost always be a three phase configuration.

Installed cost now ranges between $6 to $8 per watt for small commercial and $5 to $7 per watt for large systems.

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Solar Thermal Collectors and SDHW
Roof and Rack Mounted Flat Plate & Evacuated Tube Collectors

Many residential installed solar thermal systems are not OG300 certified. These systems will have OG100 certified collectors and require an experience installer.

The OG300 certifies the collector panels, heat exchanger and pumps as an entire system. The OG100 certifies the collector panels only.

Product and components pages are linked below.
All companies rated by SRCC
OG100 Collectors
OG300 Systems
Misc. components
Storage tanks 
 

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Wind Turbines


Wind systems depend on a consistent average wind speed within 10 to 15 mph of their rated performance to be viable as a dependable energy source. Georgia only has a few locations where this is the case. Elevations in the mountains above 2000' begin to meet this requirement. Areas on the coast also have potential. The only locations in this state that make wind a better option that solar PV are above 3000' and unobstructed.

Estimating costs on wind turbines is very dependent on the tower height needed to raise the swept area 20' above obstructions that are
laterally within 100'.

The only way to be sure of the energy a turbine will produce is to mount an anemometer at the desired location and record the daily average
wind speed for a year.

View United States Wind Map

This is only a small list of wind power companies there are many more manufactures and distributor from all over the world.
These are a few of the top names in the USA
Choose a company from the list below to go to their website to learn more about their wind products

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