Ballast Mounted Solar Panels

Powers 5 panel ballasted ground mount featured in solar powers world s top products for 2015.

Ballast mounted solar panels.

This ballasted flat roof or ground mount solar pv panel mounting is the lowest cost and easiest to install flat roof mounting hardware available. A ballasted mount offers all the benefits of solar panels without the impact to your roof. A solar panel mount or solar racking system is the foundation that holds your solar array in place. Sam veague vice president of commercial sales at ecolibrium solar said common concrete landscaping pavers can deteriorate through exposure to uv light moisture and freezing thawing.

An emerging issue with solar ballast is the breakdown of the concrete. That s because solar ballasts aren t attached to roof rafters the way most solar panel installations are. A ballasted flat roof solar mounting hardware does not require any roof penetrations for mounting the solar panels. Self ballasting solar panel mounts are an easy ground mounted solution that requires no ground penetrations.

A ballasted flat roof solar mount can also be used on flat ground. That s where a ballasted installation comes in. Or maybe you just don t like the idea of some installer cutting holes in your roof. December 2015 this concrete ballasted ground mount solution for residential commercial landfills and brown field applications consists of box posts solar purlin connection hardware and 20 patented gator clamps for connecting modules to purlin with tilt ranging from 5 to 30.

Mounts are used to attach solar panels to the roof ground or another surface on your property. Solar panel ballast mounts.