A roof tile mounting system is disclosed, having a plurality of T-shaped metal footings each configured for detachable fixing of one tile through a snap fit locking mechanism. The mounting blocks are attached to a deck arranged in rows parallel to deck ridge. Each metal footing includes male and female features for side-to-side and row-to-row alignment of the metal footings when being fixed on the roof deck. This makes the process of tile mounting easy and less time consuming. The metal footings further include extended arm for tile support, rail guides for mounting guidance and misalignment prevention, and pad mounting provision for water ingress to a successive tile. The tiles include guide springs that engage with the snap fit locking mechanism for detachable mounting and push back springs to provide push back force during mounting.

One embodiment can provide a photovoltaic roof tile. The photovoltaic roof tile can include a front glass cover, a back glass cover, a plurality of photovoltaic structures positioned between the front and back glass covers, and a single encapsulant layer positioned between the front glass cover and the photovoltaic structures. A surface of the photovoltaic structures is in direct contact with the back glass cover.

One embodiment can provide a photovoltaic roof tile. The photovoltaic roof tile can include a front glass cover, a back glass cover, a plurality of photovoltaic structures positioned between the front and back glass covers, and a single encapsulant layer positioned between the front glass cover and the photovoltaic structures. A surface of the photovoltaic structures is in direct contact with the back glass cover.

A holding means for a solar roof tile includes an oblong beam extending in a longitudinal direction, a first support supported in a mounted position on a first upper batten of a pitched roof and a second support supported in the mounted position on a second lower batten. The holding means further includes at least one rest for the solar roof tile and a drain channel arranged adjacent to the at least one rest and extending in the longitudinal direction to drain atmospheric water along a longitudinal outer edge of the solar roof tile.

A holding means for a solar roof tile includes an oblong beam extending in a longitudinal direction, a first support supported in a mounted position on a first upper batten of a pitched roof and a second support supported in the mounted position on a second lower batten. The holding means further includes at least one rest for the solar roof tile and a drain channel arranged adjacent to the at least one rest and extending in the longitudinal direction to drain atmospheric water along a longitudinal outer edge of the solar roof tile.

The disclosure relates to a roof covering element, a solar roof covering element, to an assembly of solar roof covering elements, and to a method for producing a solar roof covering element. A roof covering element and a solar roof covering element are to be provided for a solar roof system, which can be produced by means of a cost-effective mass production process and which enable a simple and cost-effective roof mounting. The disclosure is characterized by a roof covering element with a flat main part, the upper face of which has a receiving surface for a solar module and which has an opening or a bore running perpendicularly to the main surface, at least two electrical lines being guided together through said opening or bore, wherein the lines end on the upper face of the main part in the region of the receiving surface as contact means, said contact means being held or guided in an axially movable manner in a common flat connection socket, the electrical lines being guided in a common plug-in socket from the lower face through the opening or the bore and wherein the plug-in socket on the lower face of the main part is held in the axial plug-in direction in an interlocking manner by a plug-in flange and on the upper face of the main part is held against its axial plug-in direction in an interlocking and/or force-fitting manner by a locking means and forms the connection socket on the upper face of the main part.

The disclosure relates to a roof covering element, a solar roof covering element, to an assembly of solar roof covering elements, and to a method for producing a solar roof covering element. A roof covering element and a solar roof covering element are to be provided for a solar roof system, which can be produced by means of a cost-effective mass production process and which enable a simple and cost-effective roof mounting. The disclosure is characterized by a roof covering element with a flat main part, the upper face of which has a receiving surface for a solar module and which has an opening or a bore running perpendicularly to the main surface, at least two electrical lines being guided together through said opening or bore, wherein the lines end on the upper face of the main part in the region of the receiving surface as contact means, said contact means being held or guided in an axially movable manner in a common flat connection socket, the electrical lines being guided in a common plug-in socket from the lower face through the opening or the bore and wherein the plug-in socket on the lower face of the main part is held in the axial plug-in direction in an interlocking manner by a plug-in flange and on the upper face of the main part is held against its axial plug-in direction in an interlocking and/or force-fitting manner by a locking means and forms the connection socket on the upper face of the main part.

A system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules installed on a roof deck in an array and at least one jumper module electrically connecting a first subarray to a second subarray of the array. The jumper module includes at least one electrical bussing and an encapsulant encapsulating the at least one electrical bussing. The jumper module includes a frontsheet juxtaposed with the encapsulant. The frontsheet includes a first layer and a polymer layer attached to the first layer.

A system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules installed on a roof deck in an array and at least one jumper module electrically connecting a first subarray to a second subarray of the array. The jumper module includes at least one electrical bussing and an encapsulant encapsulating the at least one electrical bussing. The jumper module includes a frontsheet juxtaposed with the encapsulant. The frontsheet includes a first layer and a polymer layer attached to the first layer.

A first plurality of roofing shingles installed in a first plurality of rows on a roof deck, and a second plurality of roofing shingles installed in a second plurality of rows. An edge of one of the second roofing shingles in each of the second rows is offset from the edge of another one of the second roofing shingles in another adjacent one of the second rows. An edge of a first photovoltaic shingle is juxtaposed with the edge of a first roofing shingle of the second roofing shingles in a first row of the second rows. The edge of at least another photovoltaic shingle in at least one of another row of the second rows is substantially aligned with the edge of the first photovoltaic shingle. An additional roofing shingle is installed intermediate one of the second roofing shingles and one of the photovoltaic shingles.