My first electric bill of my second year on solar.

I received my new electric bill for the beginning of my second year on solar. I have to pay $2.72 this month. If I want to pay the whole bill it is $28.55. I am always in Tier 1 which is great. I used to always be in Tier 3 or 4. A year ago [...]

1st day of Fall

Yes, here is the first day of Fall, less hours of sun each day till the least amount on Dec. 21st (approx.), the first day of Winter. Here are the outputs for the solar panels for the last 4 days.

Biofuels info

Here is something about biofuels that my daughter sent me from the internet that is informative about biofuels. Related articles The Role of Biofuels in the Energy Future: Lessons from Brazil (blogs.berkeley.edu) Airlines Turn To Biofuels (huffingtonpost.com) Fueling forest for food (iipalbanjary.net) What are bioenergy and biofuels – and are they a good idea? (guardian.co.uk) [...]

Solar output for 9/16/11

Warm days this week, much cooler than the week before. Last week everyday was above 95 this week everyday was below 85. Nice. Next week it is above 95 everyday again. Ugh! I will enjoy the cooler months when they arrive.

Mid-month results for September

Here are the mid-month results for September for my 3.7 kW solar panel system.

Solar is awesome!

Solar is so awesome. To save $1000 per year will be super. So far so good. One year down and many more to go. Solar output graph for today…  

Early September solar output graphs

Here are the solar output graphs for my solar panel system for the last few days. One day was really rainy, a monsoon day. Can you guess which one? Smile.

Sept. 1 and 2 and 2011 month to month

Here are the Kaco inverter output graphs from their web site for my Sungevity solar panels for the last two days, 9/1 and 9/2. Happy Labor Day weekend coming up. Here is my month to month for the year so far.

August 30

Another hot day. More detailed blogs in September. Solar output for 8/30/11.

One year and 2 days since the beginning

Yes, today is one year and two days since the solar panels started to get installed. August 19, 2010 was the beginning of no return. The beginning of going green in a big way. If you look back at my blog posts to August 19th, 2010, there are videos and photos of all the work [...]