Solar Power Export Meter

This allows you to use more energy for self consumption when the loads are high while maintaining the export limit also when the loads are low.

Solar power export meter.

Solar meters however are bi directional which means they can also measure the electricity that your home exports to the grid. If the electricity retailers cared about their customers knowing what s really going on they could plug a 20 device called a current transformer into your meter to measure your solar output. Fortunately the uk government is currently carrying out a nationwide rollout of smart meters. Let me use one of my bills as an example to show you what a difference that would make.

Then they could present a bill that showed all your savings. In case of energy flow towards the grid the elgris zero export will reduce the solar system. If you have an old accumulation meter then you will need to upgrade to a smart meter. When there is a positive balance in the system all solar energy is being used within the installation.

The answer is a smart meter which can make a recording of your electricity exports on a half hourly basis. The etsa utilities solar import export meter shows the total accumulated amount of solar energy your system has put back into the grid from the time it was first installed. Solaredge offers an export limitation option integrated in the solaredge inverter firmware which dynamically adjusts pv power production. If you already have a smart meter then it will need to be configured so that it can measure the power you export.

Export limiting severely impacts the data that you can see from your solar system making it nearly impossible to know how your system is performing.