Maximizing Efficiency and Longevity for Your Photovoltaic System

Investing in solar panels is an excellent choice if you aim to enhance your business energy efficiency and environmental sustainability. Solar panels not only reduce your business energy reliance on the national grid, but they are an environmental source of energy.

However, certain factors need to be considered to really maximise the benefits of your panels. This blog details these factors, illustrating how you can optimise your solar PV investment and elevate your commercial premise’s energy to its optimal potential.

How to Maintain Your Solar Panels at Optimal Efficiency?

Below we uncover strategies for maximising your solar panel efficiency in your workplace.

Optimal Design and Placement

Choosing the right solar system, size, and placement of solar panels before installation is absolutely key; here at Excel Energy, the formula to calculate the correct size and system for you is taken into consideration.

✅ Current Energy consumption

✅ Future energy increase

✅Space

✅ Client’s aspirations

✅Budgets

✅ Placement of the modules

✅ Does your business require the deployment of BESS

Taking into consideration these crucial factors, we are able to design the most proficient solar PV system.

We use the latest design software’s to simulate the most efficient solar PV system where all the key components of making the most efficient solar PV for your business are taken into consideration at consultation and design stage.

Regular Periodic Maintenance

Regular maintenance of solar panel assets is crucial for their safe operation and ensures optimal performance and longevity of the system. Over time, dirt, dust, bird droppings, and other debris can accumulate on the surface of the panels, reducing their efficiency by obstructing sunlight absorption. Regular cleaning helps to remove these obstructions, allowing the panels to capture maximum sunrays and generate more energy.

Furthermore, regular maintenance allows for preemptive detection of any potential issues or damage to the system, such as faulty MC4’s, low insulation resistant due to moisture, cracked glass or loose connections in string circuits.

Preventive maintenance can prevent further damage and ensure that your photovoltaic operates safely and efficiently.

Also, routine maintenance helps to preserve the warranty of your solar panel system. Many manufacturers require regular maintenance as part of their warranty terms and conditions and failure to adhere to these requirements could void the warranties.

In summary, regular maintenance of solar panels is key for maximising energy generation, identifying and rectifying potential issues, solar panel efficiency and preserving the warranty of your investment.

Installation of Bird Guards

Installing bird protection measures for your solar system is vital for maintaining their conversion efficiency, safe operation and longevity of the system. Birds, especially pigeons, often see the gaps between solar panels and the roof as an ideal nesting spot, leading to the accumulation of nesting materials and bird droppings, which can obstruct sunlight and reduce energy generation.

By implementing bird protection, you significantly reduce the chances of damage to your solar panels. This helps maintain their structural integrity and functionality.

When your panels are free from bird-related interference, they can operate at peak performance levels maximising energy output and efficiency.

Many solar panel warranties are contingent upon maintaining the panels in good condition. Protecting your panels from birds can help preserve their warranty, providing peace of mind. By preventing potential damage and avoiding costly repairs in the future, investing in bird protection can save you money in the long run.

Installing bird protection systems is a proactive step toward ensuring the longevity and efficiency of your solar panels system. By implementing a barrier against birds, you can protect your investment and ensure its operation for years to come.

Invest In Battery Storage system to harness surplus generated energy.

Another way to optimise your solar panel systems investment is to deploy battery energy storage system (BESS). With increasingly unpredictable weather patterns, relying solely on solar may not be the most efficient way as harnessing surplus energy generated during cloudy or rainy weather would be the most economical of self-sufficiency.

Battery storage energy system solutions offer a viable alternative by storing excess solar energy generated during peak generation periods. Then stored energy can then be used during periods of low solar generation or power outages, providing energy independence from the national grid. By investing in battery energy storage systems, businesses can enhance their energy independence and resilience, ensuring a steady power supply is provided for critical operation during bad weather.