Solar kit on your Wall

In short: up to 50% of the electricity cost.

A plug & play solar kit produces solar energy for self consumption at home. The energy it produces is used directly by your household appliances. This avoids your household having to buy that energy from your power company, lowering your power bills.

Your savings are therefore determined by

• how much energy your kit produces
• how much you pay your power company per kWh, with all extra costs and taxes included

For example, if your kit produces 1.500 kWh per year and you pay €0,30/kWh to your power company, you save €450 per year (1.500 kWh x €0,30/kWh = €450). You can calculate how much you can save at your home address with our Savings Calculator.

How much the savings are on your overall electricity bill depends on how much you consume in total. A house consumes much more than an apartment, so the effect of a solar kit is likely higher for an apartment. The more people you are in the household, the higher your total consumption. Since plug & play solar kits are limited to 800 W by law, for households of 1-3 people the savings of a plug & play solar kit will be higher as a percentage of total electricity consumption than for larger households that consume more. Also, if you have a lot of high consumption devices on for a lot of time, like air conditioners, water boilers, ovens etc, your consumption is likely much higher than the 800 W of peak output your kit can deliver.

But take into consideration that some savings is better than no savings at all. And the higher your energy consumption is, the more likely it is that you will consume 100% of your kit’s power, maximizing your economic returns.

In short: much easier than you might think.

A plug & play solar kit generates energy from the sun with its solar panels. The micro inverter converts the panels’ AC power into DC power used in your household. A special cable connects the micro inverter to a normal Schuko plug in your home, feeding your kit’s power into your household’s power circuit.

That circuit is like a system of canals. At different points there are devices that consume energy. The sum of that energy consumption is what at the end of the canal is fed from your power company into your household. Your power meter counts how much that power is at any time.

If you now connect a plug & play solar kit to your canal, that kit immits power into that network. The connected devices use that power first. If you have several power circuits at home, these all meet at the distribution panel, that is in turn connected to your power meter and the grid. If there is excess power in the circuit your kit is connected to, it will spill over first to your other circuits that are demanding energy.

Check out our explanation video on how this circuit works.

Our Performance Kits allow you to take full advantage of the sunlight that illuminates any one of your home’s walls. It is worth considering the integration of our Plug & Play Solar Kits on the facades of your home to give purpose to unused spaces such as the wall and all this by giving a modern and elegant facade cladding with the attractive design of solar panels.

At Robinsun, we offer a range of kit options. The first difference is the power output of the kits. EU regulations allow kits up to 800 W output to be exempt from many norms and registration requirements. Our Performance Kits stay within this requirement. Kits with one panel are of 300 or 400 W output, depending on the type of panel they use. Kits of two panels are of 600 or 800 W output. We prioritize safety and ensure that our Plug & Play Solar Kits meet these standards.

With this in mind, it is important to notice that our current top of the line mount manufacturers delivered a stable and easy to set structure capable of withholding all components which is covered by both a 25-year structural warranty and a 25-year anti-corrosion warranty by the manufacturer.

Our Performance 90º - 400 W and Performance 90º - 800 W kits are equipped with a 90-degree angle mount, providing a specific configuration for installation. On the other hand, our Performance 60º- 400 W and Performance 60º - 800 W kits feature a triangular mount, resulting in a 60-degree angle for these Wall Kits. This angle offers the advantage of slightly higher electricity production throughout the year.

Nevertheless, diverse mounting structures are available for an easy installation for our walls because of the mounts provided, you must remember that the production of green electricity comes with different tastes, as such, you can opt for the possibility of our Robinsun Light - 300 W and 600 W which utilize lightweight and flexible panels, making them highly convenient for mounting. These kits are particularly recommended if you plan to install the kit by yourself or in elevated locations beyond the first floor, especially if there is pedestrian traffic below the installation area. This recommendation is primarily driven by safety considerations.

In short: a Performance kit in Europe produces up to 1.500 kWh/year, while a Light kit can reach 1.100 kWh/year.

But it depends on several factors. The exact answer is personalized, depending on the location of installation, orientation and azimuth as well as the type of kit you choose. Our Savings Calculator helps you find the exact answer for your installation. We use the European Commission’s PV GIS database, a standard used by all major photovoltaic installers in Europe, to calculate the estimated yearly electricity production of your kit. The result is usually a conservative estimate.

When considering the installation of a plug & play solar kit, look for the place in your household with the most unimpeded sunshine hours. This can be your terrace or balcony, or a pergola, or a wall. Maybe you have a flat roof nearby that you can use. At Robinsun we offer kits for a wide range of installation locations, to help you install your kit where it produces most for you.