Alteris™ Solar Electric Systems TechnologyPowering your life with the sun

Alteris™ Renewables is the #1 solar installer in the Northeast, with 30 years of installation experience with houses, businesses, and schools.

How it Works

Solar electric systems are usually installed on the roof, connecting to your house’s electrical system to reduce the amount of electricity that you need to purchase from your utility. All of the states in the Northeast require that utilities purchase any extra electricity your system produces, so solar electric can actually make your meter spin backwards, a process called net metering.

Typically, our solar installations provide 1/3 or 1/2 of your electricity needs, though they can be scaled up to provide 100%. They collect energy through photovoltaic (PV) cells, which are made of very pure silicon. These cells are electrically linked into modules, which are linked into arrays, which are installed on your roof.

Electricity is produced as photons of sunlight hit and penetrate the silicon, bumping electrons into a flow, in a process known as the photovoltaic effect, which produces DC (Direct Current) electricity. This DC current is passed through an inverter, which converts the electricity to Alternating Current (AC) to match the American standards of AC frequency and voltage. The AC electricity can then be used to power anything in your house, saving you money, and reducing your overall carbon footprint.