2026
January and February
After a sunny start in the first week of January it was gloomy for the rest of the month and much of February. In addition we had more visitors in January so the gas usage was significantly higher than previous years. Looking at the comparative numbers month by month over the last few years is instructive but it is too early to tell how 2026 will go.
I will add January and February together in this commentary but the table on the summary page shows the months separately.
We generated a total of 683 kWh from the PV, exported 571 kWh of that and pulled in 312 kWh at gloomy and dark times. There was 102 kWh of EV charging. The gas usage was 1793 kWh and so our net energy use excluding EV charging 1432 kWh so quite a bit to make up in the rest of the year.
Because much of the use was gas, if we had the heat pump the negative balance would be much smaller at 356 kWh.