Solar patio covers are part of an emerging category of solar that uses a structure other than the roof of your home or business as the framework for a solar system installation.
Backyard solar panel pergola.
This is where the solar pergola solar gazebo or solar patio cover as well as the solar carport enter the picture.
These structures are often commonly referred to as solar pergolas.
Since then we have worked with many customers and solar companies to design and build their ideal solar patio cover projects.
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I felt a roof top system would not meet my needs so i opted for a solar system installed on top of a pergola in my backyard.
With some smart design you can make use of this by integrating solar panels into shading structures for your homes such as pergolas canopies and carports.
My system is not a roof top type system.
Types of solar panels for shading.
Our specialty is in the design engineering permitting and installation of solar ready patio covers as they are now being.
They are all dual use structures so they re more space efficient than a ground mounted setup.
You can use any type of solar panel for a shading structure including conventional monocrystalline or polycrystalline modules.
Standard sizes range from 8x8 to 20x20 with custom sizes available upon request.
You might already have one of these structures out back which you might easily be able to adapt or modify to hold solar panels.
Published on may 8 2018 may 8 2018 just completed the installation of two more 100w solar panels atop my backyard pergola.
We installed our first solar patio cover way back in 2003 in auburn california.
Solar panels on a pergola i was hired to build this structure in monrovia ca as an arbor to provide shade as well as to be a structure to mount solar panels on as seen on the top photo.