Solar Microgeneration

Saturday 18 February 2012

January 2012 Monthly Summary

Average daily generation = 3.63 kWh
Min = 0.81 kWh
Max = 10.11 kWh

Monthly Total = 112.47 kWh

So with 3/4 of one year of solar generation of electricity behind us we are still ahead of projections (OK - based on less than one year this is NOT a statistical trend - but hey it is nice!) :)

December 2011 Monthly Summary

Average daily generation = 3.51 (which is on target for December but still is ouch!)
Min = 0.15 kWh
Max = 7.52 kWh

Total for month = 108.66 kWh

November 2011 Monthly Summary

Average daily generation = 3.86 kWh (ouch - winter hit) :(
Min = 0.31 kWh (ouch again)
Max = 7.88 kWh

Monthly total = 115.82 kWh

Been away for a while (operation, trips, + once you get out of the habit it takes a while to start back up again). Anyway will catch up the monthly summaries.

October 2011
Average daily generation = 9.24 kWh
Min = 1.33 kWh
Max = 14.84 kWh

Monthly Total = 286.36 kWh

Friday 30 September 2011

September Summary

Average daily generation this month = 12.18 kWh (predicted average is 10.80 kWh)
Max daily generation this month = 21.18 kWh
Min daily generation this month = 3.31 kWh

Total generation for this month = 365.38 kWh

So the from a numbers point of view September was like August but with one day less. The average was almost the same, the max was slightly lower than in August, the low was slightly higher than August and the total generation is really just showing the difference between 30 and 31 days in a month.

Yet we had more days near or above 15 kWh in September than in August. OK so maybe I'm being affected by the wonderful weather that we have had over the last week (and the fact that this weekend is looking to be terrific as well) - still go and compare the September chart to the one for August.

So far only August has not exceed the predictions, and it was almost spot on. It will be interesting to see if this trend continues.

We have generated a total of 2661.3 kWh of electricity since installation (back in early April) and avoided/saved a total of 3999.94 lbs (1814 kg) of CO2.