Tag Archive: power

September is Still Sunny

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September. Despite the ominous foreboding of cold winter months and little income from our solar panels, September was still a very positive month for solar power generation. Not even the wasp invasion could spoil that!

What is a kilowatt hour?

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You might be answering the title question with a big “Who cares?” But if you generate solar power to feed in to the grid, it is worth understanding how you will be paid. And you will be paid for kilowatt hours. I can give you the specs in Ontario; in other jurisdictions the numbers will vary, but the basics – especially the physics – will remain the same.