Identifying electricity consumption is an important step prior to installing a solar energy system in your building. It serves as the baseline of how much you should spend for your system since it should be able to sustainably supply your electricity needs. Though electricity bills may vary from month to month for various reasons like power demand changes due to season, it is always advisable to calculate the optimum energy your establishment needs.
Analyzing data is very essential during the design phase. Knowing this will give our designer a very close understanding of the electricity using pattern for the past 2 years of how to design your system. After a successful installation, the owner of the building must check how the system is doing. Religious monitoring of your solar energy system’s performance is necessary to address possible issues.
Your system should be giving you optimum energy when you need it the most. Also to make sure that you are exporting as little power as possible despite the presence of Feed-In-Tariff. It is much more beneficial if you will be able to use that energy generated by your system since the FIT rate is slashed.
How to track your solar system’s performance
Your system should be giving you optimum energy when you need it the most. Also to make sure that you are exporting as little power as possible despite the presence of Feed-In-Tariff. It is much more beneficial if you will be able to use that energy generated by your system since the FIT rate is slashed.
Using the app information such as the amount of energy produced by the solar system, the energy consumed, and the energy sent to the grid can be monitored however the frequency the owner wants to see. Most monitoring software allows you to check how each inverter and panel perform so you can determine if any of them need maintenance or if their solar productivity can be increased.
The Functions and Benefits of Solar Energy System Tracking
Monitor your energy, production and usage.
You can find a snapshot of how your energy is being used and access shortcuts to battery controls and setting. You will also see general information like the weather and current grid connection. If you have a home battery system, you can find the charge level and the selected profile, how much energy is moving through each part of your system and where it’s going.
You can also view your net energy production which displays if you are net importing or export. The energy independence score can also be seen, that is, how much of your power is coming from your own home energy system instead of your public utility.
See trends on your system performance
The trends of your system performance can be viewed which displays how much you made and used from your solar panels, battery and the grid. You can view your trends for any date range, including billing cycle to look at your savings. You can see your energy independence score and the currency equivalent that displays the estimated value of the solar power you’ve produced.
You can view the details and performance of all the panels and batteries in your system and see each device’s individual status and information.
Manage and control your system
You can adjust the settings in order to control the following:
- Manage your battery and how it operates
- Add your electricity rate
- Turn on and off power-hungry appliances
- Control your connection to the grid
Check your account and notifications
If you need help with your system you can see your installer’s contact information, change your home backup configuration and manage your connectivity. You can look at event history to look at recorded system events and changes. You can select what date range you want to see. You can also find power outage information.
Make consumption monitoring a habit. This will definitely give you an insight about how much money you are saving with solar energy and how impactful the system is to the environment.