Arrival of the feed-in tariff (FIT) agreement
Back on the 18th February I made a determined effort to try and tie up a few loose ends left outstanding from my solar panel installation in November. This was only unresolved paperwork issues...
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Solar Panel Electricity Generation – New Heights
What a day – new records broken despite the weather not being perfect. My little 2kW array of Sanyo HIT-H250E01 panels started the Sunny Boy inverter flashing just before 7.30am today and was then...
Chasing-up the FIT Agreement
Over the last few days I have been trying to tie up a few loose ends left outstanding from my solar panel installation in November. Although only paperwork issues they are still important and...
Solar PV System Specifications
This week has seen the addition of a new fixed page to the blog – the Solar system specification section. This page can be found direct from the main links at the top of...
How to monitor solar power generation through the SMA inverter
How to monitor solar panel power generation through the SMA inverter using the Sunny Explorer software. I have been monitoring the yield of solar harvested electricity produced from my Sanyo solar panel array by...
Arrival of the FITs Contract
The SSE energy supply contract arrived today, but not for my system. Although the solar panel array was installed two weeks later than that of my own, it was my father’s feed-in tariff agreement...
Record Week Of Solar Generation
Wow what a week! This week has both been encouraging and dispiriting all within seven January days. I’ve set four new generation records for my 2kW solar harvesting system. Three of which were very...
Solar Panel Generation – First Month Stats – East West Split
A little late publishing, but here are the first month’s generation statistics for the east-west split solar panel array. These stats are for my father’s 2.64kW system, which employs SunPower 240kW E19 Series solar...
New Electric Meter – Plan your daytime energy usage and draw less
After first having a visit from my electric supplier’s meter team who tried and failed to replace my meter due to the fusebox restricting the meter from being lifted off its hook, and then...
New Solar Installation Risk!
As warned yesterday, the government’s Chris Huhne today released a statement indicating that an appeal would be sought. The following paragraph from his statement highlights the uncertainties and risks of a solar installation after...
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