If you have solar PV panels and a grid-tied inverter, what happens if the system is connected to the grid without a net meter?
This would be similar to connecting a synchronized generator to the mains. You will be feeding power to the mains when your consumption is less than the solar power produced and obtaining power from the mains when your consumption exceeds the solar power produced.
Such a system is technically feasible but not desirable because it would not benefit the solar system owner. In fact, the owner may be adversely affected because electricity companies would not allow interconnection without legal permission. So the owner may be taken to courts or disconnected from utility power or penalized. There is paperwork involved in permitted interconnection.
Dear Issam Shabani ,
The system you propose is totally feasible and it will work technically without any problem.
In fact, the use of the netmeter depends on the regulations of the country or region that the system is installed in, and has nothing to do with the technical aspects of the system.
I strongly recommend to check the existing regulations, because as Hassan Hameed has mentioned, in some situations, this will not be desirable for the owner.
I hope the answer has been helpful, and I look forward to seeing your updates on the issue.
Best of the luck
Antxon Arrizabalaga
- Badges
- Science topic
- Similar topics
- Biological Science
- Bioecology
- Systems Ecology
- Landscape Ecology
- Connectivity