UPDATED 8.09.2008
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So why is solar
PV so important? Because in daily afternoon load
peaks, that's when PV is producing, and having distributed generation,
that is completely self-sufficient, is a marvelous thing. Hot
days in So Calif hardly ever have clouds, so power generation is fairly
reliable. My rooftop peaks shortly after noon, Solar time, and
continues right to sunset. At peak hours, I'm powering not just
my house,
but at least 1 and maybe 2 other houses, (+3KW)
that Edison does not have to provide for. (of course that 14,000 unit
condo development just down
the block sours that idea, they will have to suck power from
somewhere.)
Calif Power Forecast [CaISO]
SCE Loadshed
Status [ Interruptible Power].
Calif Flex Your
Power status
NationWide ISO data.
In May 2008, I sold my house w/solar array & laptop, and am
encouraging the new owner to become involved in the solar community.
For as long as is feasable, I will try to maintain a link with the data.
And now the viewing of Solar Outputs :
Los
Angeles, CA (LA airport area) mike90045
(now owned and maintained by Lee
B.)
A sample of my daily PV
output charted, from a spreadsheet
( was a partially cloudy afternoon )
Because of varied FTP and hosting quirks, it's not unusual for a link
to be "sick" or to not show current status.
My former inverter
(green) via Solar Guppy's
inverter
monitor software (freeware 3/2208)
Some other URL's for GT-View monitor pages:
(members of Solar Forums @ Northern Arizona Wind
& Sun &
Solar Guppy's
Discussion Pond,) in no particular order:
http://www.energy-alternatives.com/ Chico,
CA calldrin
http://www.mike-land.com/Solar_Power/solar_power.html
5KW array & inverter Mike
Brown, Paso Robles, Calif.
(Mike has a clever Java Web Start Tech. application
running on his server, in addition to the GTview interface SW)
http://www.sbcmd.com/solar/
Oxnard, CA Magneto
( a 4.6KW system cooled by ocean breeze,
driving a Sunpower SPR-4000x inverter, GT4)
GT/SGT View SW
writer & GT test Engr Woodwind Hills,
FL Solar Guppy. 3 Arrays:
SW
Array, SE
Array & Pool
Array
(no home page, just image links) San Diego,
CA Wennfred Wennfred's
1st inverter , &
Wennfred's
2nd inverter
Riverland
Farm.
Sunderland, MA a 3KW system (website being re-designed)
IsisBio, San Deigo, CA http://isisbio.com/dd/solar.html
(2 inverters, 1 here,
other here
)
John-Jan, New York State: http://solar.johnjan.com/screen/index.htm
2ea, 4KW inverters, with fab info.
GT inverter via MAC & self programming http://solar.halem.com/
Solar Network
Software, an open source project
Need to troubleshoot your GT-View connections - try This Xantrax forum for info.
Visit the Southern
Californina Solar Home Tour page. Find out how
some folks recharge their EV's at night , and still
make their electric meter spin backwards.
A Southern.Calif. The
Near-Zero-Energy
Home Makeover
RAV-4, 6WK PV w/battery backup, insulation, thermal
windows, A/C,
closed-loop solar thermal Hot Water.
Use your EV / Hybrid car as a UPS for your house
. Quite possibly one of the best patches for our strained power
grid in California.
Oliver Seely's Observations
on Photovoltaic Cell Panels and household use of same.
Non-GT systems (just links):
Private: (Live Solar Plant
Project, semi-maintained)
some of the members
Bennett
Rosen
Stampededrive
Luneau
SMA "Sunnyboy" Public inverter
monitor links
Tampa Electric Company Manatee Viewing Center
Commercial - 4.6 MW
http://www.greenwatts.com/pages/SolarOutput.asp
Misc:
UniSolar 64 64 watt
semi-flexible panel
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