PV Generation Day Total - Report vs Inverter Data different

3 comments started 2024-06-30 last 2024-06-30
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#1 EricIoW

I have noticed the PV generation as reported in a daily report is higher by a few % than the Daily total as reported in Inverter data I downloaded.
Date Report Inverter
29/6/24 35.41 34.3
28/6/24 18.62 17.6
27/6/24 31.78 31.1
26/6/24 34.63 33.6
Can anyone explain the diferences, and which might be closet to actual ?
I imagine it is to do with sample rates of data used and how solar irradiance varies with time (passing clouds).

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#2 geoffreycoan

EricIoW The inverter sends 5 minute snapshots of pv, load etc to the portal which assumes the pv etc is constant over the whole 5 minutes, which of course it never is.
The daily totals which come from the inverter should be the most accurate

#3 EricIoW

geoffreycoan I thought the inverter total would be most accurate, that is what I have used for pvoutput dot org. I wonder why the report does not use the same data ?