☀️ Solar installation analysis

12-panel rooftop installation with 3 APS DS3 micro-inverters · commissioned September 2024 · data through 10 Aug 2026

Production : official APS micro-inverter monthly report · Grid import : communicating Linky meter

12,461 kWh
Total production since Sept. 2024
7,572 kWh
Self-consumed (60.8 %)
4,889 kWh
Surplus exported / OA resale
2,234 €
Total estimated gain (avoided + resale)
11.1 ans
Return on investment (13,000 €)

Monthly production micro-inverter report — exact value

Monthly grid import (peak / off-peak) network operator meter

Monthly balance: production → self-consumption & surplus surplus = estimate

Estimated monthly gain and cumulative total

Yearly summary

Prod.SelfSurplusAvoidedResaleTotal
Year 1
Sept 2024 → Aug 2025
6498.1 4067.2 2431.0 858.18 € 316.27 € 1174.45 €
Year 2
Sept 2025 → Aug 2026 (partial)
5963.1 3505.1 2457.8 739.58 € 319.76 € 1059.34 €
Total12461.27572.34888.8 1597.76 €636.03 € 2233.79 €

Calculation method

Year 1: actual surplus = 2,431 kWh paid by the OA feed-in tariff (13.01 c€/kWh = 316.27 €).
Year 2: surplus estimated at ~2,458 kWh (Linky “active energy injected” register: 2457.9 kWh) — under the OA Tier-1 ceiling of 9,600 kWh/yr.

Gain = self-consumption × 0.211 € (peak) + surplus × 0.1301 €. Self-consumed energy replaces peak-hour grid purchases.

Self-consumption: “daily self-consumption baseline” model (13.54 kWh/day year 1, 12.44 kWh/day year 2) tuned to reproduce exactly the annual surpluses.

Last 12 complete months Aug 2025 → Jul 2026

6,429 kWh
Production (avg. 17.61 kWh/day)
13,779 kWh
Grid import (avg. 37.75 kWh/day)
3,801 kWh
Self-consumed
2,629 kWh
Surplus exported
1,144 €
Estimated gain over 12 months

Electric vehicle (V2C Trydan) VictoriaMetrics · since April 2025

2,975 kWh
Total EV energy (17 months)
579 kWh
From solar (19.5 %)
73 %
Solar share during daytime (6h–21h)
12 %
Share of OA surplus absorbed by the EV

Monthly EV charging: solar vs grid

Charging and solar share by hour (local, 6h–21h)

MonthCharged kWhSolar kWhSolar shareShare of OA surplus
04/2025370115.031.1%2.35%
05/2025200129.064.5%2.64%
06/202522669.030.5%1.41%
07/202519537.019.0%0.76%
08/202513820.014.5%0.41%
09/202517145.026.3%0.92%
10/202516414.08.5%0.29%
11/20253528.02.3%0.16%
12/20252531.40.6%0.03%
01/20261680.30.2%0.01%
02/20261660.60.4%0.01%
03/20263919.048.7%0.39%
04/202614525.017.2%0.51%
05/20267628.036.8%0.57%
06/202615360.039.2%1.23%
07/20261307.05.4%0.14%
08/2026290.93.1%0.02%
Total2,975579.219.5%11.8%

Method and limitations

Data sourced from VictoriaMetrics (1-hour step, trapezoidal integration). sensor.evse_10_0_0_120_charge_power_value × 1 h gives hourly charging; min(charge_power, photovoltaic_power) × 1 h gives the solar share.

Important caveat: the VM exporter does not sample every minute; the 1 h step undercounts short bursts and days where the exporter delivered only one sample. Solar values are therefore a lower bound — the true share is likely a few points higher.

Charger: V2C Trydan, full solar mode (HA select mixed + dynamic intensity modulation), 16 A per phase (11 kW triphase). Night charging is entirely grid-fed (rare: 67 kWh over 17 months).

Before / after the installation

Average daily grid import

Total importDaysAvg/day
Before (Sept 2023 → Aug 2024)15592.0 kWh36642.6 kWh/j
After (Sept 2024 → 10 Aug 2026)26408.0 kWh70937.2 kWh/j

Comparison spans 12 months before (Sept 2023 → Aug 2024) vs ~23 months after install. Seasons are balanced; usage is unchanged (the EV charger was added in April 2025, so the “after” period includes some EV draw that was absent in the “before”).

Source: Enedis daily index readings (FOLDER_DAILY folder), trapezoidal interpolation between readings for boundaries.

Return on investment

Install cost: 13,000 € (all-in).

Estimated gain: ≈ 1174.45 €/yr (full year 1) and 1143.92 € over the last 12 months.

Payback period: 11.1 years (≈ 11.4 years on a rolling basis).

Standing charge unchanged: 30.59 €/month. All-in tariffs: peak 0.211 €, off-peak 0.1624 €.

Monthly consumption BEFORE solar

MonthPeak kWhOff-peak kWhTotal kWhDayskWh/day
Aug 2023 (18 → 31, partial)1951403351423.9
09/20235343388723029.1
10/202358947310623134.3
11/202393861015483051.6
12/2023110675018563159.9
01/2024139795923563176.0
02/202483657814142948.8
03/202478663414203145.8
04/202464555712023040.1
05/20245134439563130.8
06/20245014459463031.5
07/20244723758473127.3
08/20243462676133119.8
12 months before solar8964.06628.015592.036642.6

Methodological notes