I got a really good deal for a pallet of 35 CanadianSolar-BiKu_CS3U-MB-AG 375W BiFacial Panels. I'm paying $0.41/watt which in Canada is really really cheap. I am really excited with these new panels because these panels should produce more power in the winter due to the snow cover reflecting a lot of the light thus taking advantage of the Bi-Facial aspect of these panels. This should in theory, offset the fact that we only get about 2.5 sun hours in the winter.
I plan to eventually work myself up to a 10k-12k Watts of PV panels with a 48v Battery backup (560Ah) but for my first leg of the project I want to install ~16 PV panels for about 6000w hybrid grid tied without batteries for now but want to option to add batteries later in the future.
The issue I have is with 6000W BiFacial panels they can produce up to 7600W. This means I have to oversize my inverter to accomadate for this but inverters aren't cheap and I'm trying to figure out if its worth it. Will these BiFacial panels really produce 7600w in real world conditions? Anyone here have real world summer(grass reflected light) and winter data(snow reflected light) in northern areas using BiFacial PV panels (Field mounted not roof mounted)? Are there inverters that can handle the 30% max power variance that doesn't cost an arm and a leg? Should I lower the wattage of my solar array to 5000W? Or should I find regular panels that have a constant max wattage?
Also looking for 240VAC Hybrid grid tie inverter suggestions. So many different types.
I plan to eventually work myself up to a 10k-12k Watts of PV panels with a 48v Battery backup (560Ah) but for my first leg of the project I want to install ~16 PV panels for about 6000w hybrid grid tied without batteries for now but want to option to add batteries later in the future.
The issue I have is with 6000W BiFacial panels they can produce up to 7600W. This means I have to oversize my inverter to accomadate for this but inverters aren't cheap and I'm trying to figure out if its worth it. Will these BiFacial panels really produce 7600w in real world conditions? Anyone here have real world summer(grass reflected light) and winter data(snow reflected light) in northern areas using BiFacial PV panels (Field mounted not roof mounted)? Are there inverters that can handle the 30% max power variance that doesn't cost an arm and a leg? Should I lower the wattage of my solar array to 5000W? Or should I find regular panels that have a constant max wattage?
Also looking for 240VAC Hybrid grid tie inverter suggestions. So many different types.
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