Our Solar June wasn't bursting out all over

WITH THREE FULL MONTHS of data on INQCentral's solar panel system, we thought we'd bring you an update on how it's all going.

June here in 'arrow wasn't a complete washout, although there were some days when all was glum and glim and nothing to shout about.

Here is an overview of the whole of the month of June 2007, which can be compared with previous charts published in this INQ storyette, Someone put my solars in the rain.

We took a closer look at the best day of the month, the 5th of June, which looked an awful lot like this.

Which can be contrasted with the rainy gloomy day that was yesterday, the 30th of June.

This picture, below, shows what the system has generated since it was installed last March, showing there was a power max of 2904W one day. The amount of £121.95 has to be taken with a pinch of salt - we didn't conclude an agreement with our power supplier until sometime in May, plus we think the Fronius inverter software is a tad buggy. But even so, it gives you an idea of the state of play. We're waiting for the next electricity bill to check on the reality and have a dekko at our quarterly refund cheque to get a better idea still.

It seems one of the last acts of the Chancellor of the Exchequer before he became Prime Minister last week was to rule that domestic systems wouldn't be forced to pay income tax on microgeneration. Good. But some councils here in Blighty are apparently thinking of upping peoples' council tax if they have a microgeneration system installed. Not only bad, but absurd. There still seems to be a way to go before there's a really unified policy on microgeneration in the UK.

Meanwhile, a reader drew our attention to this article, which discusses options for solar panels Stateside and which might be worth a gander. We know for sure you guys out in Satan Clara get a heap more rays than we do in temperate Harrow. Although as Charlie D noticed last time he stayed here, we've more than our share of palm trees. µ

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