4 FAQs about Solar shingle equipment

What are solar shingles?

Solar shingles, or "building integrated photovoltaics" (BIPV), are roof-shingle-sized solar panels. SunTegra's solar roofing product is made of the same solar technology as traditional solar panels – monocrystalline solar photovoltaic cells. There is one key difference between SunTegra shingles and traditional solar panel systems.

What is solar shingling & how does it work?

The technique of laying out solar cells in a module so that their edges overlap like shingles on a house roof is called »shingling« With the shingled layout, there are fewer gaps between the individual solar cells so more of the sunlight that is incident on the module can be absorbed.

Where are solar shingles made?

This new system incorporates the world's first nailable solar shingle, the Timberline Solar ® Energy Shingle (ES 2), which is assembled domestically at GAF Energy's manufacturing facility in Georgetown, Texas and R&D facility in San Jose, California. How does Solar Roofing work?

What is a shingled solar module?

With the shingled layout, there are fewer gaps between the individual solar cells so more of the sunlight that is incident on the module can be absorbed. Instead of using external connectors to transport the current from one cell to the next, the area of the cell overlap is used as an electrical connector.

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