Preconfigured deployable solar energy package

A solar energy system comprising:

• a set of photovoltaic panels that comprises two or more photovoltaic panels electrically coupled together, wherein:
• each photovoltaic panel has a physical connection with at least one other photovoltaic panel in the set of photovoltaic panels;
• each photovoltaic panel in the set of photovoltaic panels has one or more mechanical protrusions configured to interface with corresponding receiving slots of a mounting structure;
• and
• the physical connection between a pair of photovoltaic panels is configured in a manner that enables rotational movement of the pair of photovoltaic panels;
• and
• a dispenser comprising a guide configured to (i) moveably engage with the mounting structure and (ii) cause insertion of the one or more mechanical protrusions of two or more of the photovoltaic panels in the set of photovoltaic panels into the corresponding receiving slots of the mounting structure, wherein the dispenser is configured to house the set of photovoltaic panels and sequentially dispense each photovoltaic panel onto the mounting structure as a portion of the dispenser that continues to house undeployed photovoltaic panels as the dispenser moves along a length of the mounting structure.