What is Solar Electricity? Solar Energy is also called Photovoltaic Energy. This is when the sun hits a solar panel, and the cells collect the sunlight and generates electricity. A Solar System consists of an array of panels that first generates the electricity as DC power. Since our home runs on AC power we need an inverter to convert that DC electricity into usable AC power for our home. Some homes add storage to the system that allows them to store unused power to use later, or to protect them from power outages. A solar system will produce power with no noise, no air pollution, and no moving parts while generating clean renewable energy from the sun. We know from data when the sun will rise and set each day, and the first day it does not we have bigger issue to worry about. Solar power will lower or offset your reliance on the grid. Give you Grid Independence and Freedom.