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: 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 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”

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