Solar 101
The primary engine driving solar technology is this star at the center of our solar system, located roughly 93 million miles away.
The Sun
Harnessing kinetic energy from moving air, giant horizontal-axis structures with large blades generate this clean power.
What is Wind Energy (or Wind Power)?
Upgraded from NMC chemistry in earlier models, the Powerwall 3 utilizes LFP cell chemistry, which stands for this safer, longer-lasting composition.
What is Lithium Iron Phosphate?
Instead of pushing off-the-shelf system sizes, ReWired Energy designs custom solar solutions built directly off this specific baseline metric.
What is True Power Consumption (or energy usage history / kWh usage)?
Abbreviated as RCP, this mechanism replaced traditional 1:1 net metering in TEP territory to calculate compensation for excess rooftop solar energy sent back to the grid.
What is the Resource Comparison Proxy (or Export Rate Rider)?
Often abbreviated as "PV," this term describes the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity at the atomic level.
What is Photovoltaic?
Derived from the Greek words for "Earth" and "heat," this renewable power source taps into steam or hot water trapped deep underground.
What is Geothermal Energy?
Powerwall 3 drastically increases surge capability with 185 LRA (Locked Rotor Amps), specifically designed to start these heavy residential loads without shutting down.
What are Air Conditioners (or AC units / heat pumps / motor loads)?
Because TEP uses export rider rates rather than 1:1 net metering, pairing a residential solar system with this hardware allows Tucson homeowners to store excess daytime generation for nighttime peak rates.
What is a Home Battery (or Energy Storage System / Powerwall / Nexis)?
Under Arizona Corporation Commission rules, when a homeowner installs a new solar array with TEP, their specific RCP export credit rate is locked in for this many years from their interconnection request date.
What is 10 Years?
Because solar panels generate direct current (DC), your home relies on this crucial device to convert it into alternating current (AC).
What is an Inverter?
ccounting for the majority of global renewable electricity, this energy form generates power using dams to control the flow of water.
What is Hydroelectric Energy (or Hydropower)?
Eliminating messy internal wiring, Nexis modules connect together physically, electrically, and digitally using this trademarked mechanism.
What is Simple Click™?
In Arizona solar design, this orientation angle relative to true North ensures panels capture maximum overall annual generation, though southwest alignments are often used to target TEP’s peak afternoon rates. Degree?
What is 180 Degrees (or South-facing)?
To prevent rapid drops in solar export compensation, Arizona regulations cap the maximum allowable annual decrease of TEP’s Resource Comparison Proxy export rate at this percentage.
What is 10 Percent?
Named for an 18-year-old French physicist who observed it in 1839, this physical phenomenon is the foundation of modern solar power.
What is the Photovoltaic Effect (or Becquerel Effect)?
Derived from organic materials like wood, crops, or agricultural waste, this renewable fuel source releases stored solar energy when burned or fermented.
What is Biomass (or Biofuel)?
While individual Nexis battery blocks offer 4.65 kWh of usable energy, connecting the maximum of 16 blocks (4 stacks) to a single inverter scales total capacity to this many kilowatt-hours.
What is 74.4 kWh?
When was ReWired Energy Founded
What is June 6, 2024?
When a home grid disconnects during a blackout, grid-forming battery inverters like the Powerwall 3 or SolarEdge Nexis use frequency-droop control to regulate solar output by shifting system AC frequency above this standard US baseline frequency (measured in Hertz).
What is 60 Hz (or 60 Hertz)?
Due to its abundance and semi-conductive properties, this nonmetallic element—element atomic number 14—is the most common material used in solar cells.
What is Silicon?
Though abundant, this lightest element on the periodic table isn't a primary energy source, but a clean energy carrier produced via electrolysis of water.
What is Hydrogen?
Invented in 1800 by an Italian physicist, this device composed of alternating copper and zinc discs separated by brine-soaked cloth was the world's first true electrochemical battery.
What is the Voltaic Pile (or Alessandro Volta)?
Who has Installed a system for ReWired Energy? Total of four...
who is INTY, OWE, PSP, POWUR
To prevent backfeeding transformer overload in high-density residential solar areas, utility interconnection rules enforce NEC Rule 705.12(B), commonly known as this percentage rule that limits total breaker amperage on a main panel busbar
What is the 120% Rule?