{"id":48644,"date":"2021-04-12T12:25:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T01:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=48644"},"modified":"2021-04-12T12:40:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T02:10:52","slug":"solar-export-limiting-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-export-limiting-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Export Limiting: Just How Much Energy Will You Lose?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What are the losses from solar export limiting? — You’ll lose less energy generation than you think.<\/p><\/div>\r\n

Export limited solar systems are becoming increasingly common.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Some new solar power system buyers are being told they can only proceed with an installation if the installer ‘export limits’ their system.<\/p>\r\n

Export limiting is a polite way of saying ‘hobbled’. \u00a0An export limited solar system will occasionally send less electricity into the grid than its inverter can supply.\u00a0 That can cause clean solar energy to go to waste.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

That sounds awful, but the good news is: the amount lost is far less than most people expect.<\/p>\r\n

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If you were planning to install a 10 kilowatt solar system but were told the inverter had to be exported limited to 5 kilowatts — you might cry…<\/p>\r\n

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“Nooooooooooooo!<\/a>\u00a0 Five is half of ten, I will lose half the solar generation!”\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

But that’s not how it works.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

I have used\u00a0PVWatts<\/a> to investigate the likely output of export limited solar systems in every Australian capital.\u00a0 I found that — even in an absolute worst-case situation — the maximum amount of generation lost by a 10 kilowatt solar power system installation with a 5 kilowatt export limit is 14%.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

In reality, the losses are likely to be considerably less.\u00a0 This because the worst-case situation involves…<\/p>\r\n