# Solar quotes Florida | Enphase Enlighten

**URL:** https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/t/solar-quotes-florida-enphase-enlighten/340
**Category:** Solar Installations
**Tags:** enphase-enlighten
**Created:** [April 9, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/t/solar-quotes-florida-enphase-enlighten/340 "2019-04-09T15:58:00Z")
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### Author: ![Marty](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/user_avatar/forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/marty/32/4032_2.png) [@Marty](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/u/Marty)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2019, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.cleanenergyreviews.info/t/solar-quotes-florida-enphase-enlighten/340/7 "2019-07-20T09:43:48Z")

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Hi Alysa

Thanks for another post. Always very insightful.

I’m interested in these numbers that you have reported for your sister-in-law’s system.

> [@alysaleve](#):
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> Today they produced 43.03 kWh which is really good production.

Looks like they’ve got a 9.8kW system, so that’s 4.4kWh per kW in the middle of summer. I would have expected in central Florida that you would produce that much _on average_ throughout the whole year. And therefore to produce considerably more in the middle of summer. You mentioned the rain shower which might have stopped production for a bit, I’d be interested in what they get on a perfectly sunny day.

Actually I was curious, so I thought I’d snoop around on some public Enphase Enlighten  
monitoring systems. The [State College of Florida Venice](https://enlighten.enphaseenergy.com/pv/public_systems/xCG9128072/overview) have an 11.8kW system, which on a perfect day in the middle of summer looks to get close to 65kWh for the day (5.5kWh per kW installed). It peaks at about 9kW of power on a good day.

So, with that information, I agree with you @alysaleve, 43kWh seems to be good production on an ordinary day. Also, upon reflection, Florida probably maintains really good solar production in winter as well, so the difference between summer and winter probably isn’t large. In fact I’ve just checked, and on Jan 17 the State College system produced 57.5kWh, which is outstanding. I’m really surprised by how small that gap is between summer and winter. Goes to show how important not just light is, but also temperature for solar PV (hot is bad, cold is good).

> [@alysaleve](#):
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> They were doing well at 10:30am with 1332 Wh

I was a bit confused by this comment ☝ because I hadn’t seen an Enphase Enlighten app before. Just to clarify for anyone else that is wondering, the 1332Wh is how much was produced in that 15 min period.

If useful:

> [@zap Solar Power vs Solar Energy - kW & kWh explained](https://perform.discoursehosting.net/t/solar-energy-vs-solar-power/552):
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> zapzapzap Power vs Energy For anyone that wants to know, and to over simplify it: Electrical power is how much a solar system produces at any given time, and it is measured in W (a kW is 1000W). A solar system’s potential power is also measured in kW - i.e. a 10kW system is a system with panels that can produce up to (and sometimes slightly more than) 10kW of DC electricity. Electrical energy is measured in Wh (a kWh is 1000 Wh). The amount of electricity that you use at home is measur…

Thanks again Alysa. Keep your insightful posts coming 🙂

Marty

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