Investing in solar is a long term investment. When selecting an installation partner, pay attention to quality and safe operations. Do not focus only on minimizing investment and maximising production. Choose quality components with long warranties and safe operations. Create space for walking routes to ensure safe and efficient maintenance of installations that are on the roof.
Solnet advises consulting your insurance company prior to the installation of a solar utility to prevent unpleasant surprises. Combinations of operational activities, roof compositions and a solar utility can lead to higher fire risk. The insurer can therefore require specific safety provisions to prevent increased premium.
Depending on the situation insurers demand increasing technical safety requirements on solar utilities, like arc fault detection, overheating detection and the use of power optimizers. Module-level power optimizers enable the 24/7 monitoring and automatic de-energizing of the DC-cables whenever a possible problem occurs. The whole panel array will also be de-energized to a safe voltage for firefighters to proceed with normal routines without the threat of electrocution. All standard features of a smart solar utility.
Make sure that your solar utility is future proof regarding technical and operational safety. Therefore invest in the latest technology that is adaptable to future developments in energy, like connectivity, energy storage, EV charging and grid services.
