How does a photovoltaic system work?

In a photovoltaic solar energy system "Interconnected to the grid", the panels capture the sun's energy and transform it into electricity that is transferred to a component called a current inverter which converts the energy from direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC) and injects it safely into your home, office or business to be used in the same way as the current network. The surplus produced is sent to the CFE network to be safeguarded and you can use it at no cost at some other time, such as nights or months of highest consumption.

Being this photovoltaic system "Interconnected" to the electrical network the most common, in the same way today we can find several types of photovoltaic systems for different uses such as "Interconnected systems with battery backup" which work the same as the aforementioned only that They have an energy backup in batteries in case the CFE network should fail. There are also systems called "Isolated" which do not have a connection to the local electricity grid (CFE in Mexico) and these may or may not have an energy backup of batteries according to the particular needs of each case.

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