1 Year of Solar Electric Generation

Here are my first year totals. I sure hope I get to buy a good monitor soon. Ugh...I'm so tired of money problems.

Energy Supplied = 10.3 MWH
Yield = 477.2 USD
CO2 Reduction = 6.74 Tons
Maximum Output Power = 8097 W
Maximum Grid Voltage = 279 V
Minimum Grid Voltage = 209 V
Maximum Array Voltage = 422 V
Operating Hours = 4141 H

• Energy Supplied - Energy Supplied During Monitoring Period
• Yield - Money Earned During Monitored Period. (This is probably inaccurate.)
• CO2 Reduction - CO2 emissions avoided during monitored period if the same amount were generated by a combustion power plant
• Operating Hours - number of hours of power generation.

So in theory the power company will send me a check for $477 for the power I've generated this year.  In reality I didn't receive any money from them last year, but that may be because I generated less power than I used last year.  We'll see what happens in January.

According to the Operating Hours I got about 177 days of power generation out of the last 365.  Not bad given that the time doesn't accrue at night.

May 2010 stats

6.96mwhs generated so far. Thats 110 kwhs less than last month, but then May is usually a rainy month there. New max of over 8kw, so that's pretty amazing for a 6.7kw system. One thing I need to look up is that I think the system is a 6.7kwh system which means it should only be able to generate 6.7kwh. Doesn't mean it can't generate over 6.7kw, just that it can't do it for an hour straight.