Fall and Early Winter Power Generation

Web view of my solar generation in October

December 2012 solar generation

November and December in Vaughan, Ontario, just north of Toronto has been pretty sad when it comes to solar power generation.  I would imagine it was the same for the whole eastern seaboard of North America to the Great Lakes. Check out my numbers above for October and December.  The beginning of January was similar, however we did get a few sunny days.  One thing I have found when comparing the amount of sun at noon time to summertime is that the intensity is a lot less.  You don't notice it when the sun is out...the day seems as bright as any, but when you compare the figures you can see just how much less sun radiance we have in the winter in the Greater Toronto Area than we have in the summertime.