In Orinda in California’s Contra Costa County, we installed a solar system consisting of 30 LGsolar panels, paired with 1 SolarEdge inverter.
This install has a small amount of shade. With SolarEdge, each individual solar panel gets its own individual optimizer. If a solar panel is shaded, only that particular solar panel is affected. It does not affect the rest of the system.
We expect this system to produce 15,529 kilowatts of electricity in its first year. With Net Metering from the power company (in this case PG&E), the customer’s extra solar production made during the day will offset the night and cloudy days. No batteries required.