How to install solar panels on the ground?
How are solar panels installed on the ground?
First of all, you need to entrust a professional testing agency to test the soil structure, so that you can know whether to use cement foundation or ground pile. In addition, you also need to know the maximum wind speed and maximum snow load of the site, so that you can know whether to use stainless steel solar mounting structure or aluminum alloy solar mounting structure, and calculate the bearing strength of solar mounting system.
The modules need to be attached to some kind of structure, which holds them at the best angle for energy generation, while also keeping them resistant to rain, wind and snow. This structure could either be:
a metal A-frame, which is fixed in a concrete base or on a pole that’s pile driven into the ground;
a solar tracking system (more on this below);
a ballasted plastic box just a few inches high;
a wooden frame, which could double up as another structure for shading or outdoor storage.
With some of the frames, you can adjust the pitch of the panels to take advantage of the seasonal change in the angle of sunlight.
You can arrange the panels in a variety of layouts - portrait or landscape, single height or stacked. The optimum orientation in the UK is south, which of course you can choose to face when building a ground mounted system.
In terms of infrastructure, the array will require trenches for cabling, inverters and spacing between rows of panels to allow for shading.
