Grid Tie with Net Metering

If you want connected to National Grid your wind turbines and solar panels, here the best tools and resources about how to drive grid tie with net metering.

If you have a small scale renewable energy set up – for example, just a micro wind turbine or a few PV solar panels, then you will almost certainly be using battery storage rather than tying into the National Grid. In those cases there are very many suitable inverters.

If however you wish to connect your wind turbines and/or solar panels to the National Grid, you will need a Grid-tie Inverter – particularly if you intend to sell (export) electricity back to the utility company.

How work a Grid-tie Inverter in Net Metering System

A grid tie inverter changes DC to AC and safely sends your renewable energy back to the utility company. In this type of system, the utility grid acts as an infinitely large battery bank storing your generated power for use by someone else down the line.

The following illustration shows how the typical solar electrical system is configured to send power to the grid, in a net metering with gridtie system:

A Grid-tie system consists of a wind turbine / solar array and the grid tie inverter. The main service entrance to the building and the Net kWh Meter are already installed on existing buildings if utility power is present.

A user-friendly inverter includes all components necessary to make a grid connect system installation simple and code compliant.

Synchronous inverters are also designed to be used with net metering. This process (if available in your area) allows you to sell energy to your local energy supplier to alleviate your energy costs.

Would you like to share your own experiences in net metering with grid tie? Please leave a comment below.

To find out more information about net metering with grid tie: IREC’s Connecting to the Grid Newsletter is published electronically every month by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) and the North Carolina Solar Center at North Carolina State University. This is a free publication.

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