Alma Sugwara Hybrid Solar — Mandaue
A 9.92 kWp hybrid on a difficult hip roof in North Verdana, Mandaue — VECO bill down from ₱14,826 to ₱2,806.
North Verdana Subdivision, Tawason, Mandaue City, Cebu · 9.92 kWp · 32 kWh battery
The roof at North Verdana is not an easy solar roof. Different pitches and orientations limit where panels can sit, so the array cannot harvest like a wide, unobstructed plane. Sidlak started with twelve 620W panels, an 8 kW Deye hybrid inverter, and two LVTopsun Gen4 batteries, then added panels to reach sixteen Seraphim 620W modules — 9.92 kWp — placed to catch more afternoon sun.
A few months after commissioning, Mrs. Sugawara shared her VECO bills. May was ₱14,825.52. After learning to run the air-conditioning and other heavy loads during strong solar hours, her September bill was ₱2,806.19 — about ₱12,019 less, or 81% lower on those two bills. Combined solar-plus-grid use that September was still 886 kWh; more of it simply came from the roof.
Installation took two working days because of intermittent rain. The crew stopped rooftop work when the weather was unsafe and finished electrical, testing, and commissioning once it cleared.