5 Benefits of Solar Carports

In recent years, solar energy has become increasingly affordable, leading people to experiment with new ways to invest in clean energy. While solar carports are primarily being utilized in large, commercial parking lots, they have grown in residential areas. People are seeing how they can benefit from solar energy while protecting their vehicles. 

A solar carport is a covered parking area with a shelter made from PV panels. They’re different from traditional carports in that the frame is designed to hold solar panels and connect to a power grid. If you are considering solar carports for your home or business, contact us today for how we can design, install, and maintain your Sonoma County solar energy system.

How Does A Solar Carport Work?

Solar carports are essentially ground-mounted solar panels custom-built to provide clearance for parked vehicles. At Westcoast Solar Energy, our solar panel designs are constructed with reliability and longevity in mind. When installing traditional rooftop solar panels, we ensure that the roof’s size, shape, slope, and lifespan are ideal for home rooftop installations. With ground-mounts and solar carports, there’s less to worry about. A solar carport is simpler to maintain and manipulate to maximize solar generation, carbon offsets, and monthly savings. 

Benefits of Solar Carports

Installing solar panels over your parking space leads to a number of benefits, including:

Shelter For Your Car

Carports, traditional and solar, provide coverage from sun, rain, sleet, and snow. This protection from weather elements help to prolong the lifetime of your vehicles. 

Efficient Use of Space

With a solar carport, no additional space is needed. It allows you to optimize your commercial or residential real estate by transforming your parking spots into dual-purpose renewable-energy systems. 

Energy Savings

Electricity costs are rising every year. With a solar carport, you can help stabilize your energy bills through net metering and save money doing it. 

Easy Integration

The energy produced from the solar carport can be used in your home or business, stored in a battery for future use, sold back to the grid, or even integrated with EV charging stations. 

Flexibility

Without the restrictions of a roof, solar carports can be installed at angles that maximize sunlight and adapted to fit the needs of a business. Being completely customizable, there are plenty of options, including size, space, and style options for building the structure.

Solar Carport Savings and Maintenance

By installing a solar carport, your home or business is not only saving money on energy bills and benefiting the environment, you’re also providing clean energy to the surrounding communities. Solar energy is an investment in the future and an easy one at that. With solar panels needing little maintenance and service and solar carports channeling rain and snow, your home or business can also benefit from lower maintenance costs. 

Whether you’re looking for a small residential project or a complex commercial solar installation, our experienced team at Westcoast Solar Energy can assist you with the design, installation, and maintenance. Contact us today at (707) 664-6450 for more information.