Thursday, December 4, 2014

Generation & selling electricity started!

Big news: On November 27, 2014, our solar sharing farm was connected to the public grid and started generating and selling electricity. Finally.

Now the most important thing in the world is weather :D 

The weather on the grid-connection day was perfect blue sky but that was followed by a string of cloudy and rainy days, so we are yet to experience the maximum generation. Waiting for the next blue sky.

On the picture below is TEPCO employee in the midst of the grid connection process. I have no idea what he was doing and he didn't look like he wanted to be asked. Hence, no caption to the picture.


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The next picture is the power plant shortly after it was connected and started power generation at around noon. (Yes, it does look the same as before,  but well...)


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And here's the same place on the next day, November 28. With this darkness the amount of electricity produced is almost zero. Dear Photons of the Sun, you're welcome back any time! (The love call from our 354 solar panels)


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I'm sure once Nobuo and I get used to it, we'll stop talking about weather all the time. It's just now, so be patient with us.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

発電・売電が始まりました!

嬉しいニュースです。2014年11月27日に系統連系が無事に終わり、うちの発電所もいよいよ発電・売電が始まりました。



系統連系の当日は天気が最高でしたが、その翌日からほとんど曇りや雨の日ばかりが続き、待ちに待っていたフル発電はまだ経験していません。これからは楽しみです。





系統連系の作業をしている東京電力の方:



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系統連系日お昼ごろに、連系の作業が終わって発電が始まったばかりの発電所の様子(見た目は別に、まだ発電していない時の発電所とは変わりませんが):



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そしてその翌日28日の様子(これぐらいの暗さでは発電量がほぼゼロ):





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このようにいちいち天気を気にすることも、そのうち慣れて気にしなくなるでしょう。