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Originally Posted by crmalcolm
You are still incorrect here.
Power can be measured as energy is used, or transferred. Either way, it is the rate of energy being transferred or used.
So when you measure the output of a generator at any moment, the measurement is the power output.
For example - if 60 KWh is transferred over an hour, then the average power output would be 60KW. But, that could also have been an output of 600KW for 5 minutes, and then 0.18KW for the next 55 minutes.
So - in your example:
If 1KWh was coming out at any moment,
1KWh was the total after 1 hours time,
2KWh was the total after 2 hours.
What is the total after 30 minutes?
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The answer, for renewable generators, is unknown until your period of measurement is complete.
This is also true for carbon or nuclear based generation, but the results are somewhat more predictable and therefore are likely to be more accurate to predictions and so more useful for planning purposes.
Richard, with his new solar system, can probably give us some useful numbers about the nominal theoretical optimum generation capability of his system compared to what is actually recorded as delivered. (In whatever time period seems to be useful information but I would suggest hour-by-hour and full-day totals would likely be most relatable.
There are other sources and other measurements. I don't want you to feel that the future of Net Zero falls entirely on your shoulders, Richard, in so far as Tenthers are concerned!
