Monitor energy useage at the RJR Ranch, Pullman, WA (N46 40.558 W117 16.276 Elev: 2352 ft.) Equipment list: Sixteen Kyocera KC-130 solar panels, pole mounted in four groups of four panels. SMA 2500U power inverter in grid-tie configuration. System startup: May 19, 2008

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Time connected to the grid: 16 hrs
Electricity produced: 15.1 kWH's
Solar Energy: 580 Langley's (A Langley is a unit of measurement for total solar radiation)
Utility meter reads: 2227
Weather: Mostly sunny
Comment: I tested the electric production using a "semi-automatic" solar tracker. (Semi-automatic = I moved the panels every hour!) You can see from the data that we got about 25% more power.

"Semi-automatic" tracker in action. The time is about 9am. The panels are pointing virtually East, rather tha the normal South orientation.

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