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24 Months of Power Production on A Residential Solar Array – Making $ense of Energy

Biomass Rules Posted on July 20, 2026 by Mark JennerJuly 20, 2026

The first week of July (2026), the previous 24 months of solar panel output were presented in the post, Annual and Daily Solar Production from a Residential Array – Making $ense of Energy.  The greatest surprise was the high variability … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, economics, Making $ense of Energy, policy, production, Real Adventures in Economics, Renewable Fuel, science, wealth creation | Tagged 24 months of power production on a residential solar array, daylight power consumption, direct use, direct use and power sales both occur each month, higher heating costs in winter, increasing total costs/kWh, kWh (kilowatt hours), lower solar power in winter, Making $ense of Energy, monthly kWh averaged for 2024 and 2025, non-daylight power consumption, power production is positive kWh, purchased power is negative kWh, solar power sales | Leave a reply

Terrain Ag – Economic Sustainability of Dairy Digesters – Making $ense of Energy

Biomass Rules Posted on June 20, 2025 by Mark JennerJune 20, 2025

Ben Laine, Terrainag.com wrote an interesting report dairy digester sustainability.  One graphic message in an animated version of this map shows US dairy digester growth since 2001.  Dairy digesters keep growing in size.  The most recent digesters dwarf the earlier … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, economics, education, farm, firm, macro, Making $ense of Energy, policy, production, science | Tagged Ben Laine, biogas, biogenic, dairy bedding, direct use, economic sustainability of dairy digesters, fertilizer cost savings, fossil natural gas, fuel value, Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits, making sense of energy, methane, offsets, peak-power pricing, Renewable Identification Number (RIN) credits, renewable natural gas RNG, tax credits, Terrain Ag, terrainag.com, tipping fees | Leave a reply

Lessons Learned from 18,000 Points of Light – Making $ense of Energy

Biomass Rules Posted on May 13, 2025 by Mark JennerMay 13, 2025

The joy of finding a new dataset to explore enflamed my modeling focus more than was justified.  IT WAS GREAT TO BE LOOKING FOR STORIES IN A BRAND NEW DATASET! Challenge #1:  Monthly data from the power utility was too … Continue reading →

Posted in analytics, economics, education, Making $ense of Energy, policy, production, Renewable Fuel, science, wealth creation | Tagged 2024, annual, daily, direct use, forensic modeling of missing data, hourly, kilowatt-hours (kWh), kilowatts (kW), lessons learned from 18000 points of light, Making $ense of Energy, making sense of energy, minutes, monthly, residential solar power, solar panel power production, solar panel power sales, south Central Illinois, utility supplied power | Leave a reply

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