Solar Panels Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/solar-panels/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:04:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Solar Panels Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/solar-panels/ 32 32 2696646 Maximising Export https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/05/maximising-export/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/05/maximising-export/#respond Tue, 05 May 2026 12:58:21 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=48226 We used to try to maximise using as much of our own solar power as possible. It made sense at the time — run the washing machine, charge the battery, power the house and the car directly from solar, and avoid exporting it back to the grid for little or no return. But things have...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/05/maximising-export/feed/ 0 48226 Improving My Solax WordPress Plugin — Adapting to a More Dynamic Charging Schedule https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/02/improving-my-solax-wordpress-plugin-adapting-to-a-more-dynamic-charging-schedule/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/02/improving-my-solax-wordpress-plugin-adapting-to-a-more-dynamic-charging-schedule/#respond Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:59:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=47911 Back in November 2021, I wrote a post about how I built my own Solax WordPress plugin to display data from our inverter in real-time. It worked extremely well for years, and for our setup at the time it gave an accurate picture of our solar production. However, towards the end of 2025 we added an additional battery...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/02/improving-my-solax-wordpress-plugin-adapting-to-a-more-dynamic-charging-schedule/feed/ 0 47911 Crunching the Numbers: 2025 Sets a New Solar Record https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/01/crunching-the-numbers-2025-sets-a-new-solar-record/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/01/crunching-the-numbers-2025-sets-a-new-solar-record/#respond Sat, 03 Jan 2026 15:37:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=47699 The figures are in, the numbers have been crunched and… trumpets and fanfares… ta-da! 2025 was our best year of solar energy yield yet. It was a close-run thing, and I genuinely didn’t think we’d beat the 2022 record. However, a few good solar days between Christmas and the New Year tipped the balance. Our...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/01/crunching-the-numbers-2025-sets-a-new-solar-record/feed/ 0 47699 Solar Comparisons https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/solar-comparisons/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/solar-comparisons/#respond Sat, 30 Aug 2025 12:40:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=46893 I’ve added some new data features to my Solax Solar Panel Plugin for WordPress. This plugin isn’t publicly available for a few reasons, but I use it on this website to display the status of our solar panels and track their performance over time. It’s also used on a small Home Info-Display, which shows data...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/08/solar-comparisons/feed/ 0 46893 Another Sunny Surprise: Our Best Solar Day Yet! https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/06/another-sunny-surprise-our-best-solar-day-yet/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/06/another-sunny-surprise-our-best-solar-day-yet/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:27:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=45910 Having recently posted about the Spring that keeps on giving—where I commented on the amazingly sunny weather we’ve had and its positive impact on our solar production—we’ve now broken another record. This time, it’s the highest daily yield since we had our solar panels installed. The previous record was 29.80 kWh, set on June 14th 2023. But yesterday,...

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