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---
slug: solar-one-month
title: "Solar: One Month"
date: "2022-11-11T11:49:14-04:00"
pics:
dashboard-year:
css: "image"
tip: "Total energy production and consumption."
sources:
- "/files/posts/solar-one-month/dashboard-year.webp"
- src: "/files/posts/solar-one-month/dashboard-year.png"
width: 991
height: 657
dashboard-sunny:
css: "image"
tip: "Energy production and consumption on a sunny day."
sources:
- "/files/posts/solar-one-month/dashboard-sunny.webp"
- src: "/files/posts/solar-one-month/dashboard-sunny.png"
width: 992
height: 657
dashboard-cloudy:
css: "image"
tip: "Energy production and consumption on a cloudy day."
sources:
- "/files/posts/solar-one-month/dashboard-cloudy.webp"
- src: "/files/posts/solar-one-month/dashboard-cloudy.png"
width: 996
height: 657
---
[Enphase][] dashboard for our first month of solar:
{{< pe-figure "dashboard-year" >}}
The blue bars represent energy produced by the solar panels. The orange
bars represent energy consumed by us. The Y axis is
[kilowatt-hours][kwh] (pay attention to the Y axis, because the
dashboard rescales it).
According to the numbers above, the solar panels generated 78% (1 -
117.4/538.6 = ~0.78) of our consumed energy for the month. Virginia has
[net metering][], so our power bill should be 21% of what it would be
otherwise.
On clear, sunny days the panels generate more energy than we consume:
{{< pe-figure "dashboard-sunny" >}}
And in a shocking twist that will surprise no one, on cloudy days the
solar panels don't do very well:
{{< pe-figure "dashboard-cloudy" >}}
[solar]: https://pmdn.org/solar
"Solar array details and energy production statistics."
[enphase]: https://enphaseenergy.com/
"Enphase"
[net metering]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_metering
"Net metering"
[kwh]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilowatt-hour
"kilowatt-hour"
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