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Where is summer?
June was very dreary. The solar panels produced only 243kWh’s for the month. Their production last year was starting to approach 100% of what our household consumed. This year that ratio is probably around 30%.
Sunny spring continues to be good for solar production
March in northwest Oregon had a lot of sunny weather again like last month. We produced 227kWh’s of electricity. This month that amounts to about 34% of what our household consumed.
Great February for solar power in Oregon
Our panels produced 173 kWh this month. I don’t actually know what our consumption was, but probably this works out to a production equivalent to something like 25% of our consumption. Not bad for the middle of winter in our … Continue reading
Three megawatt (hours)
A bit over a year and we’ve produced over 3MWh’s of power. The PV system’s working right to spec. Now I’m thinking of getting a solar water heater later this year.
Self-produced 77% of electricity consumed in May
The past two weeks were very summery for May in Oregon. But they give us an early idea of what our June/July/August solar production and electricity bill will look like…We’re currently producing electricity at a rate that is roughly 100% … Continue reading
46% of our electricity home-made in April
The days keep getting longer and more sunny. April here ended with two great days for solar power which meant the month left us having 46% of the electricity we used coming from our PV panels. April 30th we actually … Continue reading
30% in March
The numbers for March are a bit convoluted due to the meter being switched out by PGE half way through the month. When the next bill comes I assume it will show the final value from the old meter. I … Continue reading
22.4% of our electricity in February from solar panels
Another month and another set of stats off the solar panels: February saw 22.4% of our household consumption coming from the panels. We’ve had rather sunny weather, but it’s amazing how quickly the days become longer this time of year … Continue reading
19.33%
…is the amount of the electricity our household consumed which came from our own solar panels this month. Not too shabby for Portland in January!
Solar panels pass city inspection
It’s been a bit in coming, but earlier this month the data collection module got installed and is spitting out info. And after a minor hiccup the inspector was back this week and the system got a pass from the … Continue reading