It's been a while since my last blog. On my last project, the Raspberry Pi project, I've made a total of 3 RPi devices. The third was only completed recently and it's for our media center for the living room. My 4th RPi is still stored for future use, as a backup or maybe a development unit.
Moving on, with the current power rate hikes rising to record level and the government's implementation of net metering. I've decided to invest and setup my own solar power project.
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| typical roof mounted solar panel |
Last week I've bought the first device, a 500 Watts grid tie inverter. What this does is produce energy and fed it directly to the power grid (Meralco). No need to purchase batteries to store energy. Example, if at daytime we are consuming 600 Watts of power and the grid tie inverter is producing say 400W, then we will only consume 200W from the power grid.
If you're interested about net metering, the Department of Energy has released an open source guidelines on net metering. Here is the download link (PDF).
It's late already so I'll keep this blog short. I will keep updates and more information regarding my studies on setting up a solar project when time permits. Since my Christmas vacation has already started, I should be able to spend more time on my blog for the next two weeks.
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