Uncategorized – Solar Panels & ID3

Solar Panels: break even?

We have now seen the installation costs and the auto consumption so here are two of the three missing pieces of information. The resale value: my resale value is set at 4 centimes per kWh So for my 3.9MWh put back in the grid, it was worth 156€ This same 3.9 MWh at 21.42 centimesContinue reading “Solar Panels: break even?”

Solar Panels: Where does all that electricity go?

France has its share of nutters too, remember when the French electricity provider wanted to install connected meters, ‘Linkys’? Electromagnetic waves, personal data collection (1 millionth of what we ‘give’ google) etc. But I can also know my electricity usage in real time Where does my solar power harvest go? Well, thanks to Linky IContinue reading “Solar Panels: Where does all that electricity go?”

Solar Panels: Actual Performance

Well, of course, at installation we got an app innit. Now, remember from yesterday we predicted 6.7MW annually? Well, after interrogation of my Hoymiles app, we actually produced 6.86 MW. Top of the class to the prediction. Hey! I chose a relatively innocent pre-Infantino photo As opposed to his operation now Fickle In For AnythingContinue reading “Solar Panels: Actual Performance”

Solar Panels: Performance Predictions

Any careful man would check out his panel’s production capabilities wouldn’t he….. hindsight is the greatest of allies. Straight onto the PVGIS website and zoom in onto my house on the map. I ran with the optimal fixed panel conditions 0 degrees south and 35 degrees inclination. And my little Powerstation should be producing 6.7MWContinue reading “Solar Panels: Performance Predictions”

Solar Panels: The Installation

Now this was quick, done in a day, painless, mounted on the outside of the roof. But was it optimal for production? iPhones are wonderful things, so are we South facing?…. Out with my IPhone compass, done in a jiffy. Seems to be facing in the right direction, yes, roughly But what about the slope,Continue reading “Solar Panels: The Installation”

Solar Panels: The Installation Costs

After discussion with the panel Installation company and a quick check on the web to verify that the prices were in the right ballpark we went ahead with the purchase A 6 KWc pack comprising 12 panels at 10000€ Tax included6 solar micro-inverters at 4580€ Tax included1 Hoymiles comms device 1610€The installation kit at 7759€Continue reading “Solar Panels: The Installation Costs”

Solar Panels: The bottom line

So 1 year ago I invested in solar panels,How did it work out?How much did it cost?How much are the panels producing?How much should they produce? Tune in over the next week and I’ll reveal all

After 1 Year, Is My ID3 fuel cost worth it?

Real Life data for the cost of the energy mix First off, how far do I travel for 1 kWh? No cheating here, screen shot from the car Measured over 6500 kms : that is 16.8 kWh/100km. How much do I pay to charge my car at home? Here is an extract from my electricityContinue reading “After 1 Year, Is My ID3 fuel cost worth it?”

Open letter to VW

After 3 months of driving my ID3, (incidentally great technology) I feel I must corner VW for two subjects Transparency: Did I mention WLTP, well I should have: After Dieselgate I would have hoped for strong ethics from VW. So why are they using this totally misleading mileage information to sell electric cars MY ID3Continue reading “Open letter to VW”