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At 1887 kWh, August 2015 was the highest August to date, even factoring in the array additions last year. It beat out 2012, which equates to ~1852 kWh assuming it were 28% larger.

The peak production day last month was August 16 at 78.4 kWh, which was just shy of last year's August record on July 15, 2014 at 79.1 kWh.

Below are all our numbers for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 along with the PVWatts predictions for the old array (PVW42: good through June 2014) and the new array (PVW54: good starting with July 2014):
Code:
Month    PVW42   2011   2012   2013   2014   2015  PVW54  Units
---------------------------------------------------------------
January    916    669    869    822    857   1006   1229   kWh
February   702    158   1085    866   1054   1361    915   kWh
March      965      0   1350   1152   1113   1547   1240   kWh
April     1465      0   1465   1495   1338   1737   1899   kWh
May       1583      0   1477   1491   1457   2069   2074   kWh 
June      1268      0   1478   1368   1521   1585   1666   kWh
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July      1448    595   1395   1406   1880   1823   1902   kWh
August    1442   1347   1447   1333   1794   1887   1875   kWh
September 1209    910   1295   1414   1577          1555   kWh
October   1304    931    981   1034   1258          1713   kWh
November   864    949   1041   1018   1227          1154   kWh
December   820    803    612    669    812          1108   kWh
---------------------------------------------------------------
Totals   13986   6362  14495  14068  15888  13015  18330   kWh
Since installation, our system has produced 63.828 MWh as of the end of August 2015.

Net grid consumption since August 2011 (when PV was turned on permanently) has been 12.5 MWh. Solar production during this period was 63.0 MWh. Total consumption equals 75.5 MWh. Solar has provided 83% of that total.

P.S. I split the "code" block into two parts since I noticed that the new forum has been adding scroll bars to my table.
 
jlv said:
Has anyone created a PVOutput team for MyNissanLeaf members?
(and is everyone using PVOutput?)

I haven't created or joined any PVOutput team, but my array does feed PVOutput

http://pvoutput.org/intraday.jsp?id=7942&sid=6427
 
September 2015 saw 1495 kWh of production. This was slightly lower than last year and slightly higher than was previously produced in September with the original, smaller array. Production was quite good until the last week of the month when it started raining. It's still raining, so October will start off slowly. Since we need the rain, it is a good thing!

The peak production day last month on the 14th was a record for September at 78.0 kWh, which was slightly above last year's September record on September 22, 2014 at 77.2 kWh.

Below are all our numbers for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 along with the PVWatts predictions for the old array (PVW42: good through June 2014) and the new array (PVW54: good starting with July 2014):
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Month    PVW42   2011   2012   2013   2014   2015  PVW54  Units
---------------------------------------------------------------
January    916    669    869    822    857   1006   1229   kWh
February   702    158   1085    866   1054   1361    915   kWh
March      965      0   1350   1152   1113   1547   1240   kWh
April     1465      0   1465   1495   1338   1737   1899   kWh
May       1583      0   1477   1491   1457   2069   2074   kWh 
June      1268      0   1478   1368   1521   1585   1666   kWh
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July      1448    595   1395   1406   1880   1823   1902   kWh
August    1442   1347   1447   1333   1794   1887   1875   kWh
September 1209    910   1295   1414   1577   1495   1555   kWh
October   1304    931    981   1034   1258          1713   kWh
November   864    949   1041   1018   1227          1154   kWh
December   820    803    612    669    812          1108   kWh
---------------------------------------------------------------
Totals   13986   6362  14495  14068  15888  14510  18330   kWh
Since installation, our system has produced 65.323 MWh as of the end of September 2015.

Net grid consumption since August 2011 (when PV was turned on permanently) has been 12.2 MWh. Solar production during this period was 64.5 MWh. Total consumption equals 76.7 MWh. Solar has provided 84% of that total.
 
Production from my 33 230wDC SunPower Panels via Sunnyboy (SMA) 7000US Inverter (7.59kW DC)
Pre-Solar Average Monthly Electric Bil - $250, prior to recent price increases

2015 AC Production/Electric Bill (APS)
Jan 863 ---------- $76.96 (old rate plan)
Feb 1060 -------- $9.90 (new rate plan)
Mar 1333 ------- $9.30
April 1441 ------ $9.30
May 1447 ------- $9.62
Jun 1329 -------- $9.93
Jul 1354 --------- $9.62
Aug 1358 -------$9.62
Sept 1197-----$28.28

2014 AC Production
Jan 1048
Feb 977
Mar 1347
Apr 1438
May 1476
Jun 1413
Jul 1346
Aug 1368
Sep 1242
Oct 1193
Nov 1053
Dec 844

2013 AC Production
Jan 910
Feb 1105
Mar 1328
Apr 1444
May 1474
Jun 1447
Jul 1284
Aug 1230
Sep 1280
Oct 1050
Nov 955
Dec 1005

2012 AC Production
Mar 1228
Apr 1217
May 1416
Jun 1325
Jul 1189
Aug 1168
Sep 1118
Oct 603
Nov 970
Dec 851

Link to my Solar Production - http://pvpwrev.webs.com/
 
drees said:
There is a Nissan LEAF Owners team, but not a MNL team:

http://pvoutput.org/listteam.jsp?tid=384
I'm going to try to figure out today how to get both systems tied into PVoutput. I see people having weirdness with the new Fronius inverters :?
 
Production from my 33 230wDC SunPower Panels via Sunnyboy (SMA) 7000US Inverter (7.59kW DC)
Pre-Solar Average Monthly Electric Bil - $250, prior to recent price increases

2015 AC Production/Electric Bill (APS)
Jan 863 ---------- $76.96 (old rate plan)
Feb 1060 -------- $9.90 (new rate plan)
Mar 1333 ------- $9.30
April 1441 ------ $9.30
May 1447 ------- $9.62
Jun 1329 -------- $9.93
Jul 1354 --------- $9.62
Aug 1358 -------$9.62
Sept 1197-----$28.28
Oct 1122 ------- $9.62

2014 AC Production
Jan 1048
Feb 977
Mar 1347
Apr 1438
May 1476
Jun 1413
Jul 1346
Aug 1368
Sep 1242
Oct 1193
Nov 1053
Dec 844

2013 AC Production
Jan 910
Feb 1105
Mar 1328
Apr 1444
May 1474
Jun 1447
Jul 1284
Aug 1230
Sep 1280
Oct 1050
Nov 955
Dec 1005

2012 AC Production
Mar 1228
Apr 1217
May 1416
Jun 1325
Jul 1189
Aug 1168
Sep 1118
Oct 603
Nov 970
Dec 851

Link to my Solar Production - http://pvpwrev.webs.com/
 
I was surprised to find that October production was the worst I've had in the eight years I have been tracking it: down 16% from October 2014 and a stunning 27% from October 2012, the best production for that month. This October was the warmest I can remember in my three decades in Colorado — didn't even have the first freeze until the last week — but I guess it was cloudier than I realized, despite the pleasant temperatures.
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Results for October for the last eight years:
                   Old panels   Old+New panels
                  (700 Watts)   (2170 Watts)
October 2015          84 kWh       235 kWh
October 2014         100 kWh       279 kWh
October 2013          98 kWh       276 kWh
October 2012         113 kWh       322 kWh
October 2011         100 kWh
October 2010          98 kWh
October 2009          87 kWh
October 2008          96 kWh

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Annual production:
2015      2732 kWh (so far)
2014      3217 kWh (= an average of 4.06 hours x panel wattage per day)
2013      3327 kWh (4.20 hours x panel wattage per day)
2012      1409 kWh 
2011      1203 kWh (4.71 hours x panel wattage per day)
2010      1132 kWh (4.43 hours x panel wattage per day)
2009      1165 kWh (4.56 hours x panel wattage per day)
2008       232 kWh (partial year)
Since my production covers my entire electricity use for running my LEAF and my house, for several years now I've paid nothing but the basic service charge ($16/month) to my local power co-op.
 
October 2015 saw 1415 kWh of production. This beats the prior October production record from 2013 by over 5%. However, it falls short of PVWATTS' ridiculous prediction for October which is 21% higher still.

The peak production day last month on the 19th matched the record for October at 74.2 kWh, which previously was achieved last year on October 26, 2014.

Below are all our numbers for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 along with the PVWatts predictions for the old array (PVW42: good through June 2014) and the new array (PVW54: good starting with July 2014):
Code:
Month    PVW42   2011   2012   2013   2014   2015  PVW54  Units
---------------------------------------------------------------
January    916    669    869    822    857   1006   1229   kWh
February   702    158   1085    866   1054   1361    915   kWh
March      965      0   1350   1152   1113   1547   1240   kWh
April     1465      0   1465   1495   1338   1737   1899   kWh
May       1583      0   1477   1491   1457   2069   2074   kWh 
June      1268      0   1478   1368   1521   1585   1666   kWh
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July      1448    595   1395   1406   1880   1823   1902   kWh
August    1442   1347   1447   1333   1794   1887   1875   kWh
September 1209    910   1295   1414   1577   1495   1555   kWh
October   1304    931    981   1034   1258   1415   1713   kWh
November   864    949   1041   1018   1227          1154   kWh
December   820    803    612    669    812          1108   kWh
---------------------------------------------------------------
Totals   13986   6362  14495  14068  15888  15925  18330   kWh
Since installation, our system has produced 66.738 MWh as of the end of October 2015.

Net grid consumption since August 2011 (when PV was turned on permanently) has been 12.0 MWh. Solar production during this period was 65.9 MWh. Total consumption equals 77.9 MWh. Solar has provided 84.5% of that total.
 
November 2015 saw 1277 kWh of production. This beats last November's production but falls a few percent short of the record set in November 2012 with the smaller array.

The peak production day last month on the 13th was a record for November at 69.3 kWh, which was a bit above last year's November record on November 11 and 15, 2014, at 67.3 kWh.

Below are all our numbers for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 along with the PVWatts predictions for the old array (PVW42: good through June 2014) and the new array (PVW54: good starting with July 2014):
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Month    PVW42   2011   2012   2013   2014   2015  PVW54  Units
---------------------------------------------------------------
January    916    669    869    822    857   1006   1229   kWh
February   702    158   1085    866   1054   1361    915   kWh
March      965      0   1350   1152   1113   1547   1240   kWh
April     1465      0   1465   1495   1338   1737   1899   kWh
May       1583      0   1477   1491   1457   2069   2074   kWh 
June      1268      0   1478   1368   1521   1585   1666   kWh
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July      1448    595   1395   1406   1880   1823   1902   kWh
August    1442   1347   1447   1333   1794   1887   1875   kWh
September 1209    910   1295   1414   1577   1495   1555   kWh
October   1304    931    981   1034   1258   1415   1713   kWh
November   864    949   1041   1018   1227   1277   1154   kWh
December   820    803    612    669    812          1108   kWh
---------------------------------------------------------------
Totals   13986   6362  14495  14068  15888  17202  18330   kWh
Since installation, our system has produced 68.015 MWh as of the end of November 2015.

Net grid consumption since August 2011 (when PV was turned on permanently) has been 12.1 MWh. Solar production during this period was 67.2 MWh. Total consumption equals 79.3 MWh. Solar has provided 84.7% of that total.
 
Production from my 33 230wDC SunPower Panels via Sunnyboy (SMA) 7000US Inverter (7.59kW DC)
Pre-Solar Average Monthly Electric Bil - $250, prior to recent price increases

2015 AC Production/Electric Bill (APS)
Jan 863 ---------- $76.96 (old rate plan)
Feb 1060 -------- $9.90 (new rate plan)
Mar 1333 ------- $9.30
April 1441 ------ $9.30
May 1447 ------- $9.62
Jun 1329 -------- $9.93
Jul 1354 --------- $9.62
Aug 1358 -------$9.62
Sept 1197-----$28.28
Oct 1122 ------- $9.62
Nov 1064 ------$10.60

2014 AC Production
Jan 1048
Feb 977
Mar 1347
Apr 1438
May 1476
Jun 1413
Jul 1346
Aug 1368
Sep 1242
Oct 1193
Nov 1053
Dec 844

2013 AC Production
Jan 910
Feb 1105
Mar 1328
Apr 1444
May 1474
Jun 1447
Jul 1284
Aug 1230
Sep 1280
Oct 1050
Nov 955
Dec 1005

2012 AC Production
Mar 1228
Apr 1217
May 1416
Jun 1325
Jul 1189
Aug 1168
Sep 1118
Oct 603
Nov 970
Dec 851

Link to my Solar Production - http://pvpwrev.webs.com/
 
December 2015 saw 865 kWh of production. This is an actual record for December, but it does not beat the December 2011 ADJUSTED production of 1036 kWh (when that year's 803 kWh production is multiplied by 1.29 to account for the increased array size).

The peak production day this month was on the 4th at 63.9 kWh. It was not a record for December. That was set on December 7, 2014, at 66.0 kWh.

Below are all our numbers for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 along with the PVWatts predictions for the old array (PVW42: good through June 2014) and the new array (PVW54: good starting with July 2014):
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Month    PVW42   2011   2012   2013   2014   2015  PVW54  Units
---------------------------------------------------------------
January    916    669    869    822    857   1006   1229   kWh
February   702    158   1085    866   1054   1361    915   kWh
March      965      0   1350   1152   1113   1547   1240   kWh
April     1465      0   1465   1495   1338   1737   1899   kWh
May       1583      0   1477   1491   1457   2069   2074   kWh 
June      1268      0   1478   1368   1521   1585   1666   kWh
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July      1448    595   1395   1406   1880   1823   1902   kWh
August    1442   1347   1447   1333   1794   1887   1875   kWh
September 1209    910   1295   1414   1577   1495   1555   kWh
October   1304    931    981   1034   1258   1415   1713   kWh
November   864    949   1041   1018   1227   1277   1154   kWh
December   820    803    612    669    812    865   1108   kWh
---------------------------------------------------------------
Totals   13986   6362  14495  14068  15888  18067  18330   kWh
Since installation, our system has produced 68.880 MWh as of the end of December 2015.

Net grid consumption since August 2011 (when PV was turned on permanently) has been 12.8 MWh. Solar production during this period was 68.1 MWh. Total consumption equals 80.9 MWh. Solar has provided 84.2% of that total.

I learned something interesting this month. It appears that the Field Array, which is currently pointed at 60 degrees elevation to optimize wintertime production, only outperforms the Roof Arrays (30 degrees elevation) when it is sunny outside. When it is cloudy, the Roof Array produces more. I believe this is due to something that drees once mentioned when he indicated that the flatter array should produce more energy on a cloudy day since it has a fuller view of the sky and therefore collects more of the diffuse sunlight which is available.

The first 20 days of December were quite sunny, and my system produced 704 of the month's 865 kWh of production, or over 81% of the total during that period. The other 161 kWh, or less than 19% were produced between the 21st and the 31st. Now let's look at panel-by-panel production:

December 1 - December 20, 2015 Production: Note that the PV modules in the Field Array harvest about 10% MORE energy during this period than their counterparts in the Roof Array.

Energy_Production_December_1_20_2015.png


December 21 - December 31, 2015 Production: Note that the PV modules in the Field Array harvest about 8% LESS energy during this period than their counterparts in the Roof Array.

Energy_Production_December_21_31_2015.png


Overall for the entire month of December the Field Array DID manage to harvest about 6% more electricity per microinverter than the the Roof Arrays, but the poor result in cloudy conditions *may* cause me to reduce my wintertime elevation to a value which is not quite so steep.
 
A cloudy, snowy December [30 inches of snow for the month — Telluride got 51 inches in just one week over Christmas; I presume that the skiers were happy] held my production to 186 kWh, down 1% from the previous year and much lower than my record in 2011. For the year, production from my 2170 watt array was 3159 kWh, down about 2% from 2014. Overall, it was a rather cloudy year here.

The 3159 kWh was 120% of my electricity usage for charging my car and running my house; it has been several years since I paid more than the $16 basic monthly service charge for electricity. My usage used to be a bit higher but since public L2 charge stations appeared here in May of 2014 I've been able to do some of my charging away from home while shopping or working at my volunteer job.

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Annual production:
2015      3159 kWh (= an average of 3.99 hours x panel wattage per day)
2014      3217 kWh (4.06 hours x panel wattage per day)
2013      3327 kWh (4.20 hours x panel wattage per day)
2012      1409 kWh (additional panels added midyear for the LEAF)
2011      1203 kWh (4.71 hours x panel wattage per day)
2010      1132 kWh (4.43 hours x panel wattage per day)
2009      1165 kWh (4.56 hours x panel wattage per day)
2008       232 kWh (partial year)
 
Production from my 33 230wDC SunPower Panels via Sunnyboy (SMA) 7000US Inverter (7.59kW DC)
Pre-Solar Average Monthly Electric Bil - $250, prior to recent price increases

2015 AC Production/Electric Bill (APS)
Jan 863 ---------- $76.96 (old rate plan)
Feb 1060 -------- $9.90 (new rate plan)
Mar 1333 ------- $9.30
April 1441 ------ $9.30
May 1447 ------- $9.62
Jun 1329 -------- $9.93
Jul 1354 --------- $9.62
Aug 1358 -------$9.62
Sept 1197-----$28.28
Oct 1122 ------- $9.62
Nov 1064 ------$10.60
Dec 891 --------$70.86

2014 AC Production
Jan 1048
Feb 977
Mar 1347
Apr 1438
May 1476
Jun 1413
Jul 1346
Aug 1368
Sep 1242
Oct 1193
Nov 1053
Dec 844

2013 AC Production
Jan 910
Feb 1105
Mar 1328
Apr 1444
May 1474
Jun 1447
Jul 1284
Aug 1230
Sep 1280
Oct 1050
Nov 955
Dec 1005

2012 AC Production
Mar 1228
Apr 1217
May 1416
Jun 1325
Jul 1189
Aug 1168
Sep 1118
Oct 603
Nov 970
Dec 851

Link to my Solar Production - http://pvpwrev.webs.com/
 
For 2015, our PV system generated 5,600 kWh and my ~7,000 miles of Leaf driving used 2,200 kWh. Looks like it is time to buy a 2nd EV!

We added more panels in 2015 (going from 4kW to 12kW), you can read about that here, if you're interested.
 
January 2016 ended with 1300 kWh having been produced, blowing away the January energy production record by a large margin. It beats last year's record of 1006 by 29% and the 2012 smaller-system record of 869 kWh by 16% (after multiplying that old record by 1.29). This was true even though we received the highest single-storm snowfall total on record for this location: 36 inches.

The peak production day this month was on the 18th at 69.5 kWh. The daily production record for January of 73.9 kWh was set on January 31, 2015.

Below are all our numbers for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2016 along with the PVWatts predictions for the old array (PVW42: good through June 2014) and the new array (PVW54: good starting with July 2014):
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Month    PVW42   2011   2012   2013   2014   2015   2016  PVW54  Units
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January    916    669    869    822    857   1006   1300   1229   kWh
February   702    158   1085    866   1054   1361           915   kWh
March      965      0   1350   1152   1113   1547          1240   kWh
April     1465      0   1465   1495   1338   1737          1899   kWh
May       1583      0   1477   1491   1457   2069          2074   kWh 
June      1268      0   1478   1368   1521   1585          1666   kWh
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July      1448    595   1395   1406   1880   1823          1902   kWh
August    1442   1347   1447   1333   1794   1887          1875   kWh
September 1209    910   1295   1414   1577   1495          1555   kWh
October   1304    931    981   1034   1258   1415          1713   kWh
November   864    949   1041   1018   1227   1277          1154   kWh
December   820    803    612    669    812    865          1108   kWh
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Totals   13986   6362  14495  14068  15888  18067   1300  18330   kWh
Our system has produced 70.180 MWh from installation through the end of January 2016.

Net grid consumption since August 2011 (when PV was turned on permanently) has been 14.1 MWh. Solar production during this period was 69.4 MWh. Total consumption equals 83.5 MWh. Solar has provided 83% of that total.
 
Production from my 33 230wDC SunPower Panels via Sunnyboy (SMA) 7000US Inverter (7.59kW DC)
Pre-Solar Average Monthly Electric Bil - $250, prior to recent price increases

2016 AC Production/Electric Bill (APS)
Jan 939 ----------$91.62

2015 AC Production/Electric Bill (APS)
Jan 863 ---------- $76.96 (old rate plan)
Feb 1060 -------- $9.90 (new rate plan)
Mar 1333 ------- $9.30
April 1441 ------ $9.30
May 1447 ------- $9.62
Jun 1329 -------- $9.93
Jul 1354 --------- $9.62
Aug 1358 -------$9.62
Sept 1197-----$28.28
Oct 1122 ------- $9.62
Nov 1064 ------$10.60
Dec 891 --------$70.86

2014 AC Production
Jan 1048
Feb 977
Mar 1347
Apr 1438
May 1476
Jun 1413
Jul 1346
Aug 1368
Sep 1242
Oct 1193
Nov 1053
Dec 844

2013 AC Production
Jan 910
Feb 1105
Mar 1328
Apr 1444
May 1474
Jun 1447
Jul 1284
Aug 1230
Sep 1280
Oct 1050
Nov 955
Dec 1005

2012 AC Production
Mar 1228
Apr 1217
May 1416
Jun 1325
Jul 1189
Aug 1168
Sep 1118
Oct 603
Nov 970
Dec 851

Link to my Solar Production - http://pvpwrev.webs.com/
 
February 2016 ended with 1192 kWh having been produced. This is only 88% of last year's record of 1361kWh and only 85% of the 2012 smaller-system record of 1085 kWh (after multiplying that old record by 1.29).

The peak production day this month was on the 28th at 78.5 kWh. The daily production record for February of 82.4 kWh was previously set on February 27, 2015.

Below are all our numbers for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 along with the PVWatts predictions for the old array (PVW42: good through June 2014) and the new array (PVW54: good starting with July 2014):
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Month    PVW42   2011   2012   2013   2014   2015   2016  PVW54  Units
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January    916    669    869    822    857   1006   1300   1229   kWh
February   702    158   1085    866   1054   1361   1192    915   kWh
March      965      0   1350   1152   1113   1547          1240   kWh
April     1465      0   1465   1495   1338   1737          1899   kWh
May       1583      0   1477   1491   1457   2069          2074   kWh 
June      1268      0   1478   1368   1521   1585          1666   kWh
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July      1448    595   1395   1406   1880   1823          1902   kWh
August    1442   1347   1447   1333   1794   1887          1875   kWh
September 1209    910   1295   1414   1577   1495          1555   kWh
October   1304    931    981   1034   1258   1415          1713   kWh
November   864    949   1041   1018   1227   1277          1154   kWh
December   820    803    612    669    812    865          1108   kWh
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Totals   13986   6362  14495  14068  15888  18067   2492  18330   kWh
Our system has produced 71.372 MWh from installation through the end of February 2016.

Net grid consumption since August 2011 (when PV was turned on permanently) has been 14.8 MWh. Solar production during this period was 70.5 MWh. Total consumption equals 85.3 MWh. Solar has provided 83% of that total.
 
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