Planning the Installation

Utility Grid

Single Inverter Installation

Xantrex

GT Inverter

Photovoltaic Panels - PV Array

PV String #1

Main Utility Service Panel

Utility

Meter

Surplus power

routed to Utility Grid

Harvested solar energy

DC

converted

 

Grid Ti e Inv e rte r

to AC

PV String #2

Loads

Power routed

to loads

Utility Grid

Multiple Inverter Installation

PV Array #12

 

 

Harvested

 

Utility

Xantrex GT Inverters

Meter

solar energy

Main Utility

 

Service Panel

 

 

 

 

 

Surplus power

 

 

 

routed to Utility Grid

PhotovoltaicPanels:

 

 

 

Multiple PV Arrays

 

 

 

 

 

DC

Loads

 

 

converted

 

 

to AC

 

Harvested

 

 

Power routed

solar energy

Grid Tie Inv e rter

Grid Tie I nv e rter

 

 

 

to loads

GT Inverter #1

GT Inverter #2

DC converted to AC

PV Array #21

Figure 2-1Installation Options Overview

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