Photovoltaic systems in Cyprus become extremely popular, keep EAC on its toes

[PolemIan]

Strangely perhaps, I am not really sure what our capacity is. I do know that we have 12 panels on the roof but that they are not quite lined up with south more like southeast.
Most nights I check to see what we have 'made' during the day and recently it has been just over 17 units a day

Trevor, if you dig out an old bill from before they changed the calculation, around Feb / Mar 2020, it was shown as part of them”Producers Charge”. I think yours is probably a 3kw installation.

Ian

[trevnhil]

Thanks Ian. I was looking at the inverter and that seems to say it is a 3kw installation.. I am quite happy with the units we are getting for free

[Mark]

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[Mark]

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July production

[cyprusmax47]

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July production

Doesn't it make you proud to be able and follow up what you achieve with your PV installation? Reducing the costs you pay for electricity and in the same moment doing something for the environment, reducing CO2. I just love it....

Max

[trevnhil]

I thought it was good that it seems to show that Mark saved nearly half a ton of coal, and around half a ton of emissions, and a tree

[cyprusmax47]

I thought it was good that it seems to show that Mark saved nearly half a ton of coal, and around half a ton of emissions, and a tree

I have doubts that you realized this figures showing 1 day only....

Max

[trevnhil]

Your doubts were correct Max.. I didn't realise it was just one day.. WOW what a lot everyone with a PV set-up is saving each month and each year

[Mark]

Your doubts were correct Max.. I didn't realise it was just one day.. WOW what a lot everyone with a PV set-up is saving each month and each year

You were correct Trev, the environmental figures stated were since the last week of June when the ap went live.

[trevnhil]

Your doubts were correct Max.. I didn't realise it was just one day.. WOW what a lot everyone with a PV set-up is saving each month and each year

You were correct Trev, the environmental figures stated were since the last week of June when the ap went live.

Thanks for the correction Mark, so they were the months' figures, but you have done well.

[cyprusmax47]

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July production

I did some calculations on Mark's PV system and came to the conclusion that he will produce app 7000 kWh electricity per year. So he will reduce the C02 emmissions by ca 4,5 tons which is still quite a lot. Cyprus has to pay at the moment 61 Euro per ton penalty, going towards 100 Euro/ton in the near future. So 270 Euro less money this year EAC would have to pay for its emissions to EU. However every electricity customer in Cyprus pays for that on his 2-monthly bill, except owners of PV systems, providing that they produce more electricity that they import.
source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/02/14/eac- ... this-year/

Max

[Devil]

So 270 Euro less money this year EAC would have to pay for its emissions to EU.

Not quite! It assumes that there are no transmission or phase losses, which could amount to 10 to 15%.

[Mark]

Without wishing to be a photovoltaic bore, I attach some August data

For august I produced 707.4 Kw of electricity through the panels.

Over 100 units less than last month, but shorter days and by and large much cloudier in August.

Of the units produced, 439 Kw went through the EAC meter, caused by heavy A/C use during the day plus using all appliances in daylight hours.

In the evening 192.9 KW was recorded on the meter.

I did not use all my production so 238 Kw will be carried over to September, not a bad result.

Without the panels I would have used 523.8 Kw at enormous expense.

[Mark]

August

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