Our Solar Panels
Setup
On July 3rd 2012 we finally got our solar panels installed:
10 * Aleo S18-235 (235Wp)
1 * SMA Sunny Boy 2100TL Inverter
All panels are installed on a flat roof, at 15° directly facing south (Azimuth 0°).
This setup is rated at 2350Wp, and based on calculations and assumptions, it should provide some 2000KwH - 2100KwH green power on a yearly basis.
These panels were installed by and sourced from Zon & Co.
Monitoring
Using a wireless bluetooth connection all data collected is send to a mysql database running on the server instance that is also used for the weather data on this site.
The graphs below are automatically updated every 5 minutes based on the collected data stored in mysql and will also show the expected power levels on a daily and monthly basis. As time progresses I might expand the graphs, any suggestion is more than welcome.
Today's power production
Daily totals for the current month
Monthly totals (compared with expected results)
All time totals
Data collection and processing is done by smatool (Based on work from Wim Hofman and Stephen Collier) and some local customization.
Graphs created with pChart 1.27