{"id":769,"date":"2020-05-10T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T09:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onfocus.co.uk\/?p=769"},"modified":"2020-05-11T10:36:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T09:36:49","slug":"a-solar-pv-record-for-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onfocus.co.uk\/blog\/a-solar-pv-record-for-march-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"A Solar PV Record for March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When I said previously that \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onfocus.co.uk\/blog\/two-records-broken-2018-solar-generation\/\">records are made to be broken<\/a>\u2019 back in 2018, I really did not expect many more from the ageing Sanyo 2kw PV solar system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s now some nine years since I began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onfocus.co.uk\/blog\/follow-my-solar-journey\/\">my solar generating journey<\/a> and a new monthly yield record has just popped up unexpectedly after what was the wettest February on record in UK and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/about-us\/press-office\/news\/weather-and-climate\/2020\/2020-winter-february-stats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"5th wettest Winter overall (opens in a new tab)\">5th wettest Winter overall<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So March 2020 has not only given me the best third month of the year figures since solar panel installation, it has achieved this by increasing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onfocus.co.uk\/blog\/solar-panel-generation-statistics-march-south-south-east\/\">previous best set in 2012<\/a> by over 6%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I recall this previous record setting month quite well as it was at the start of my first full year with solar panels. It really did start to show me how much electricity can be harvested with these systems on our rooftops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway less of the prattle \ud83d\ude42 &#8211; the stats for the month are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March 2020 Solar Generation Statistics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>March 2020 Generation Stats<br>Month Total: 209.30 kW<br>Best day: 11.59 kW 26\/03\/2020<br>Worst day: 1.28 kW 05\/03\/2020<br>Daily average: 6.75 kW<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"721\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onfocus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/stats-03-2020.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"770\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.onfocus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/stats-03-2020.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.onfocus.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=770\" class=\"wp-image-770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onfocus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/stats-03-2020.png 721w, https:\/\/www.onfocus.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/stats-03-2020-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I said previously that \u2018records are made to be broken\u2019 back in 2018, I really did not expect many more from the ageing Sanyo 2kw PV solar system. 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