{"id":41601,"date":"2024-01-02T10:19:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T10:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=41601"},"modified":"2024-01-02T10:19:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T10:19:54","slug":"a-solar-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/01\/a-solar-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A Solar Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weather has been terrible lately, so much rain and wind every day hat it has barely even gotten light. It&#8217;s a good job we have the Christmas decorations up to brighten things up a little. The solar panels haven&#8217;t been producing much. The daily yield graph for the past 20 days from my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/solar-generation\/\">solar reporting app<\/a> doesn&#8217;t make for good reading.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Daily-Yields.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Daily-Yields.jpg\" alt=\"Daily Solar Panel Yields\" class=\"wp-image-41602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Daily-Yields.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Daily-Yields-200x122.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daily Solar Panel Yields<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had one day back on the 13th December where we generated just over 10kWh, other than that it has been less than 5kWh per day and on most days next to nothing. This terrible December just rounds out a not very sunny year really and our generation for 2023 was down somewhat on 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Annual-Yields.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Annual-Yields.jpg\" alt=\"Annual Yields\" class=\"wp-image-41603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Annual-Yields.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Annual-Yields-200x122.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Annual Yields<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s hope 2024 is somewhat sunnier. Although, it all helps, even the dreariest days generate some electricity for us, I suppose if it&#8217;s enough to power the Christmas Lights then that&#8217;s still a saving. And with over 4,000 kWh generated for the year that&#8217;s a decent amount of electricity that we havent had to import from the grid. This not only saves us money but it&#8217;s from a green, renewable resource so it&#8217;s doing our but for the planet too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather has been terrible lately, so much rain and wind every day hat it has barely even gotten light. It&#8217;s a good job we have the Christmas decorations up to brighten things up a little. The solar panels haven&#8217;t been producing much. 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