So if it is under NEM, user can't have battery installed due to policy?
Or is it can be used along with NEM as long as user willing to spend?

How is the data centre's power consumption like? do they use more during Daytime?

Having Solar deployed to smooth out the peak usage is good, the caveat is, at some point, massive battery farm is still needed. From my personal study, where we can have 1 full month of less than 70% solar generation, we could not possibly depend fully in solar and massive battery farm to pick up the generation requirement for 1 full month??? Hence, TNB with its legacy/Coal.LPG/Diesel powered plants still need to be specced to run at the absolute maximum generation.
But of course, each of us only have data for our own roof top, we may get cloud one moment while the surrounding house have good generation.

What do you call an offgrid system that directly uses Solar Power to 240V and if the load exceeds the solar power , it will take the additional power from the grid without any battery/or small battery involved.

No off grid means you  do not provide power to the grid , you can still accept power from the grid just like any appliances.

Yup. It's all the same when it goes in the grid. So, TNB can sell you "green" energy even at night when none of the solar panels are working. It's all marketing and just as dubious as carbon credits if you ask me.

Don't you find it strange that if you are willing to pay higher rates for your electricity, you can get a certificate that you can brag to the world that you are doing your part in making the world greener? In reality, you have done absolutely nothing.

That's what my rant is about. Not about the NEM.

anyone having any experience with lightning strike protection on solar system? do you install SPDs to protect lightning coming from panels, and from grid going into the inverter?

what about for those with 2 sites of a roof, one facing south and another facing north, both receive a different level of sunshine on each half of the day ?

Mine is a string inverter setup. My roof is single slope metal roofing so don't need micro.
Truth to be told, I gauged my solar performance with my surrounding neighbors (all 4 of them are on micro) and there's not much of difference.
In fact, I'm surprised mine performed relatively better on certain days.

Central - Klang

lol, how the hell they calculate these perjanaan luar puncak? night for sure no sunlight, calculate weekend only?

Relatives do use our EV charger once or twice.

Averagely I'm on 90+ km drive per day, 31 days*90km = 2790km @ 640kWh total charged. (new ToU tariff of mine = RM 0.5183) | *if can keep monthly usage below 1500kWh = RM 0.4183)

2790km @ 640kWh * RM 0.5183 = RM 331.71

My past ICE sedan @12km/L of RON95: 2790/12 = 232.5 litre of petrol @ RM 2.05 = RM 476.62 

RM 331 vs RM 476 for 2790km of drive range, really not much savings there, furthermore there're a lot of credit cards that give cashback from 5~12% for pumping petrol.

Why u so surprised?

UOB one card 10%

RHB Shell 12%

That's the main reason I went for micro inverter previously as the product itself would last longer, at least on paper lah and according to research. Even if the inverter really rosak and the company sudah tutup kedai,  getting 3rd party to fix also not as bad because micro inverter is modular type and not proprietary any other company can fix easily.

That's the same reason I go for lfp battery rather than NMC battery type EV although NMC one has longer range and I can afford both

It is funny that solar inverter sacred of solar isn't it lol