Solar panel advice

Hey guys. I'll make this short and sweet. I just bought my home in January of this year. I want to set up my house to run off solar panels. I already talked to my EC and they have a program where I can hook into their grid and receive a credit if I over produce what I need. My question to you is what equipment will I definitely need? Is there a kit I can buy that will come with everything I need? It's a small home 1584 sq ft. Everything in the house is electric. Thanks for any info you can give me
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There are typically 2 system a Grid tied system and an off grid system; Here's a short bit I wrote about them;
So basically a grid tied system, without batteries, when the grid goes down so does the your system. There are some systems that will give you minimal power when the sun is shining, without batteries, but not a lot. Look at SMA Sunny Boy and the Enphase system (which I recently read won't allow battery less designs right away.
With a grid tied system, you basically use the grid as a battery bank, when you produce energy in the sunny part of the day it all goes to the grid less any you might use, then you draw energy later in the day.
I'd suggest having a local solar company come out and assess your site for available sun and give you an estimate. They will likelly do this free and you'll learn a bt more along the way.
- Assorted other systems, pieces and to many panels in the closet to not do more projects.