Solar Power Battery – Powerwall!
Tesla unveils a battery to power homes from solar panels Have just seen this on the news and it could well be something of interest to all those who have solar panels on the...
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Solar PV Feed In Tariffs Increase
The Solar Photovoltaic feed-in tariffs (FIT) will rise on 1st April 2015. This will be in line with inflation based on the Retail Price Index (RPI). The RPI rate of 1.6% will be applied...
Record Year 2014 – Solar Generation
December 2014 solar harvesting results and record year confirmed And as already declared one month early, 2014 has been a record solar harvesting year! On top of this record I have also managed to...
Increase in Solar Feed-in Tariff rates
For qualifying solar panel installations, April 1st marked an increase in the feed-in tariff rates of 4.8% in line with the retail price index. Some solar power harvesters will now earn a rate of...
Solar Panel Generation Statistics – March (East-West Split)
Further to yesterdays statistic’s report for the South, South-East array, The East-West split 2.64kW solar panel system also had a much better month generating over 186kWs with a daily average of over 6kWs. The...
Solar Panel Generation Statistics – March (South, South-East)
OK, this must be where it starts! I did not anticipate March to provide such a kick start to the generation figures. I did feel it would improve slightly on February, but not as...
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...
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