Looks much better.  I'm anxious to see what my production curve will look like in July.  I'm also beginning to piece together a wind turbine system.  I'm wondering if those cheap smart plugs that chart energy usage via wifi would also chart energy production so I could have some data there.  If anyone knows the answer, or is able to give a simple energy production tracking method for a standard outlet I would love to hear it.

Yes, but will it track production the same way it tracks usage?  I would assume so given that it is AC, but my electronics classes were many moons ago.

Sure there is.  Any regular kill-a-watt meter will do it.

I've used kill-a-watt's before to measure energy consumption, it just measures the flow passing between the outlet & the device(s).

This should be able to do it when paired with Samsung Smart Things

https://slickdeals.net/f/9995632-aeon-labs-aeotec-z-wave-smart-energy-meter-15-more-free-shipping

Worst they could do is disable the wind turbine...  Not a big concern.  As far as a simple energy monitor with wifi, I was thinking more along the lines of something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Monitoring-Wireless-Household-Appliances/dp/B01M3MYIFS/

Can you send links to the wind turbine. Not sure if my neighbors would appreciate looking at one but, very curious.

I have not been able to find any manufacturer links online for the wind turbine.  I haven't unboxed it yet though, so perhaps there is some information in the instructions that I will be able to link to online.



I don't think that peltier modules would be very useful to this operation.  I'll certainly check out any proven usefulness if it's ever demonstrated, but my personal thoughts are that they are probably only good for cooling USB sticks.

9.5kw means in a perfect scenario it will generate 9500w per hour.
But at best it reaches 92-98% for 1-2 hours a day. Pretty much a bell curve from sunrise to sunset on sunny days.

US power runs on AC voltage, panels usually produce DC. You always lose ~15% in conversion. If you are off the grid and have a battery. You lose anything you generate in excess of the battery capacity (which degrades like your cell phone). Also, if you store on battery, you lose a further 15% storing and retrieving. For that reason I chose grid tied and get 1:1 production/usage of my excess power. I have net metering, so I use the local provider's grid as a free battery that defies the law of physics (no 15% loss), and costs nothing to purchase/maintain