Grid-Tie Inverters Question

coltonk · August 24

Does anyone know of a manufacturer who makes larger inverters (15-20KW) that can be tied into using a generator to product power for net metering and doesn't require solar panel or any loads to run the system. Ive searched for days and all I come up with is systems that require solar panels to do the net metering. I'm not trying to power any loads, just want to do the net metering. I cant believe that there are no commercially available grid-tie inverters that simply take either AC or DC and send it back to the grid via net metering.

Suhaib · August 25

When you synchronize utility supply power (grid) with a solar inverter in a grid-tied system, the reason why the load is primarily supplied from the solar inverter first—even though the utility system is much larger and stronger

littleharbor2 · August 26

It's going to cost you a lot more in fuel than you're ever going to get back from the power company

JRHill · August 29

coltonk said:

Does anyone know of a manufacturer who makes larger inverters (15-20KW) that can be tied into using a generator to product power for net metering and doesn't require solar panel or any loads to run the system. Ive searched for days and all I come up with is systems that require solar panels to do the net metering. I'm not trying to power any loads, just want to do the net metering. I cant believe that there are no commercially available grid-tie inverters that simply take either AC or DC and send it back to the grid via net metering.

I can visualize a solution to the question. What I can't visualize is a generator running for whatever reason and you decide that, "Well, as long as its running, I might as well feed power into the grid"?

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