Off-grid solar, Arizona
Off-grid solar for land the grid never reached
Complete solar and battery systems for cabins, tiny homes, container builds and full residences. Designed for your site and installed by our own licensed crew.
4.9 stars from 13 Google reviews · ROC 357597, CR-11 Electrical
Nirvana Energy designs and installs complete off-grid solar systems anywhere in Arizona. Each system pairs a solar array, a battery bank and an inverter sized to your daily use and your site’s sun, so a cabin, tiny home, container build or full residence runs without a utility line. Our own CR-11 licensed crews install it, pull the permits and walk you through running it.
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Living off grid
Your own power plant, sized to the way you live
Off grid is not a smaller version of a grid-tied system. There is no backstop, so the design has to account for summer heat, winter sun angles and the week of storms that comes every monsoon.
We start with a load list: what you run, how long, and when. From there we size the array to refill the battery on short winter days, size the bank to carry you through cloudy stretches, and choose an inverter strong enough to start a well pump or a compressor. Then we tell you what the system can and cannot carry, in plain numbers, before anything is ordered.
Who we build for
Cabins, tiny homes, containers and full homes
Cabins
Weekend places and full-time homes in the high country, where snow, shade and cold mornings shape the design.
Tiny homes
Compact systems with a properly sized battery bank so a small footprint does not mean a small life.
Container builds
Ground-mount arrays beside shipping container homes and workshops on open desert land.
Full residences
Complete off-grid homes with a well pump, cooling and the everyday loads of a family.
From bare land to first charge
How is an off-grid solar system designed and installed?
It starts with a load list and a site review: what you run, when, and where the array and battery can sit. We size the array for short winter days, the battery bank for cloudy monsoon stretches and the inverter for pump and compressor surges, then pull permits, install and test every circuit.
Site and load review
We look at the land, the shade, where the array and the battery can live, and everything you plan to run.
System design
Array, battery bank, inverter and charge control sized together, with a generator plug-in if you want a third source.
Permits
We pull the permits and handle the paperwork for the work we install.
Install and commissioning
Our own crew mounts the array, sets the bank, wires the inverter and tests every circuit before handover.
A ground-mount array on open desert land, installed by Nirvana Energy.
Google reviews
Off grid, in our customers’ words
Nirvana energy has been a life saver. They were able to help me take my cabin off grid.
Loved working with nirvana energy. From start to finish they did exactly what they promised and I couldn’t be happier. They got my tiny house completely off grid with a battery and it’s worked amazing. Thanks again to the entire team!
These guys are awesome. They’re offering energy solutions I haven’t been able to find anywhere else. They made it possible for my husband and I to fulfill our dream of being able to travel and live off grid. Highly recommend!
Still connected to the grid?
If your home has a utility line and you want protection from outages rather than full independence, a home battery backup system is usually the better fit. For cooling on a small system, see solar mini splits.
Questions
Off-grid questions
How big does an off-grid solar system need to be?
Big enough to cover your daily use plus the cloudy stretches. We add up what you run each day, look at the winter sun at your site, and size the array and battery bank so the system recovers after a run of monsoon days instead of running flat.
Is off grid cheaper than bringing in a utility line?
On remote land it can be, because a line extension can run a long way before it reaches you, and a properly sized off-grid system takes that extension quote out of the equation. We are happy to look at both paths with you, and we will not quote either one without seeing the site.
Can an off-grid system run a well pump and air conditioning?
Yes, when the inverter is sized for the starting surge of the pump and the compressor. Many of our off-grid owners pair the system with a solar mini split, which draws far less than a conventional unit.
Do you build systems for shipping containers and tiny homes?
Yes. Containers, tiny homes and cabins are exactly what our off-grid systems are built for. Small structures still need a proper battery bank, inverter and grounding, and they get the same licensed install as a full residence.
Do off-grid systems need a permit in Arizona?
In most counties, yes. Nirvana Energy pulls the permits for the work we install, so the system is inspected and on record.
Free consultation, Arizona statewide
Tell us about your land
Free consultation anywhere in Arizona. Share where the property is and what you plan to run, and a licensed electrician will sketch the system it needs. We install anywhere in Arizona, from the Valley to remote land: see our Arizona service area.
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