Ground-mounted solar: site, structure and interconnection
Treat a ground-mounted PV array as a site, structural, electrical and self-generation project, not merely a roof alternative.
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VERT / GREEN · JAUNE / YELLOW · ROUGE / RED
What the professional checks
The professional checks solar resource, shading, foundations, wind/snow, buried utilities, grounding, inverter, interconnection and municipal rules.
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Sources checked: 2026-08-24
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