Sundance Solar Systems67 Vernetti Rd, Red Lodge, Montana, United States

Sundance Solar Systems LLC is owned and operated by Henry and Barbara Dykema. Henry holds a BS and MS degree, is a certified PV system installer by the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (www.nabcep.org), is a Northwestern Energy USB Qualified PV Installer, serves on the Board of the Montana Renewable Energy Association (www.montanarenewables.org), and has been awarded the governor’s award for “A Commitment to Clean, Green, Energy and Conservation in the State of Montana”. Barbara holds a BS degree in zoology, teaches science, math, and art locally, and is primarily involved with customer support and business organization.

Products Available From Sundance Solar

Sundance Solar Systems can provided virtually any solar or wind energy product to our customers. We continue to research available technologies and products for function, reliability, warranty, and price and offer our recommendations for on and off-grid applications.

• Currently our choice for off-grid or grid-tie backup systems is the Outback Power line of inverters, charge controllers, and balance of system components. 
• For straight grid-tie systems we suggest a variety of inverters. Fronius (www.fronius-usa.com), Sunnyboy (www.sma-america.com) are two of our top choices.

How We Choose Products?

We choose modules based on electrical characteristics, robust design, efficiency, manufacturer, and price. We currently offer a diversity of modules from Canadian Solar, SolarWorld, Hanwha Q-Cell and more. We choose Modules to fit an individual’s need, aesthetics, layout, and space.

There are three basic types of photovoltaic systems:

• An off-grid system is designed around the estimated electrical load consumption both with production (solar array) and storage (batteries). It involves solar modules (array), solar charge controllers, batteries, and inverters (DC-AC power conversion). Most off-grid systems incorporate a generator for backup. The generator can be configured to automatically start when needed.
• A grid-tie system does not use batteries and does not provide utility backup. It involves a solar array which generates DC power during the day which is converted to AC by an inverter and sent into the house side of the electrical meter. If the home is using less power than the system is generating the electricity flows out the meter (spinning it backwards) to the grid. A grid-tie system will reduce your power bill by the amount of kWhs produced and is the least expensive pv system choice.
• A grid-tie/backup system is essentially a combination of a grid-tie and an off-grid system. It uses a similar inverter to the off-grid systems and incorporates a battery bank. It back feeds power either to the house loads or to the grid like a grid-tie system but in the event of a grid power outage it can provide backup power to designated critical loads.