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Solar PV Production march 2024

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242 kWh Produced March 2024 – Spring starts to arrive with a number of sunny days generating over 10 KWH with a few grey days giving virtually nothing in terms of solar production. Also new Solar Edge 10 KWH battery ordered – Once installed this will double our storage bringing the 10 KWH to 20 KWH. Still mighty wet.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

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It was one year ago that we decided to add solar panels to our roof. Having an EV you learn about the basics of electric power, charge rates and kilowatt-hours or KWh. . Very basic maths gives the LEAF a power usage of close to 4 miles per KWh. Power companies also use KWh as the base charge unit for billing consumers.

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Solar PV Production December 2023

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Total production was just 18kWh a pitiful amount of power. Solar production to date 2023: Shows the dismal March and the more respectable May and June data with July producing only a few kWh more than April and August just a few more kWh that July. Use this link to Solar Edge to save £200: [link]

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Solaris ebuses will be powered by LFP-CTP batteries from CATL

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Moreover, buses that are electric not only have regenerative braking, which make them perfect for city driving, they can also have huge solar panels on their roofs. Solar-charged electric bus. More info: [link]. link] The post Solaris ebuses will be powered by LFP-CTP batteries from CATL first appeared on ??PushEVs.

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Solar PV Production October 2023

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kWh Produced October 2023 was slightly below average sun shine and generated just over 235 kWh of power for the month and around 7.6 See complete Solar Project details with year to date data: Full 2023 data Switched to new Octopus Tariff As our existing Octopus Go tariff expires in August we made the switch to Octopus Intelligent.

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Solar PV Production August 2023

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A month ago Solar Edge released a new version of the Solar Monitor app with a better battery management system. Results so far seem positive with less power being exported and the battery charging to lower levels on some nights.

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Solar PV Production July 2023

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A month ago Solar Edge released a new version of the Solar Monitor app with a better battery management system. Results so far seem positive with less power being exported and the battery charging to lower levels on some nights. Sun levels well below forecasts. The software is still in Beta mode and learning.

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