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A nice wee double to end the month, 2.15 0's.Not quite enough to hit pvgis, although better than expected at 91% for February and just 9kwh short.Scott in Fife, 2.9kwp pv SSW facing, 2.7kw Fronius inverter installed Jan 2012 - 14.3kwh Seplos Mason battery storage with Lux ac controller - Renault Zoe 40kwh, Corsa-e 50kwh, Zappi EV charger and Octopus Go3
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Here too. Just over 2 Os. And, remarkably, ended the month 3.5% above expectations. 3 days ago I thought it would be more like 10% down!
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Congrats with your doubles. Awful morning here, so just 1.5 O's here taking us to 111% of pvgis for the month.
East coast, lat 51.97. 8.26kw SSE, 23° pitch + 0.59kw WSW vertical. Nissan Leaf plus Zappi charger and 2 x ASHP's. Givenergy 8.2 & 9.5 kWh batts, 2 x 3 kW ac inverters. Indra V2H . CoCharger Host, Interest in Ripple Energy & Abundance.3 -
Hi AllDespite it being a leap year with 1 extra day in February, last year's Feb PV generation total here was over 40% higher!! - this month's tally being the third worst to date ....HTH - Z"We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle
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So Feb closed at 110%, equal 4th (or 5th given the bonus day). Results for two months as I was a bit lazy last month.
January:
Generation 86kWh 15.4 O's
Import 411kWh
Export 22kWh
Consumption 475kWh
Gas ~1,650kWh
[Petrol one fill]
February:
Generation 180kWh 32.3 O's
Import 349kWh
Export 84kWh
Consumption 445kWh
Gas ~1,419kWh
[Petrol no fill]
Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 28kWh battery storage. Two A2A units for cleaner heating. Two BEV's for cleaner driving.
For general PV advice please see the PV FAQ thread on the Green & Ethical Board.3 -
Somewhat surprised to find after what seemed a pretty poor month that my Feb results were 12% above pvgis !
Of course that was 12% of not a lot !
NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq51 -
Anyone know what the increase in FIT rates will be next month?1
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The increase, according to the RPI figure, is 2.2% from April onwardsBenny2020 said:Anyone know what the increase in FIT rates will be next month?
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3.57 O's. A new peak power generation of 2.71 kWh. 14.28 kWh total, which is nearly 10% of the entire preceding month. An all time high for the Bifacial system.
-10 X 400W LG BiFacial Panels in SE London (Zone 2)
- 10 x 400w LG Bifacial + 6 x 550W SHARP BiFacial + 2 x 570W SHARP Bifacial + 5kW SolarEdge Inverter + SolarEdge Optimizers. SE London.
- Triple aspect. (33% ENE.33% SSE. 34% WSW)
- Viessmann 200-W on Advanced Weather Comp. (The most efficient gas boiler sold)Feel free to DM me for help with any form of energy saving! Happy to help!2 -
Not much break in the cloud today, 0.56 O's.
Forecast looks good for the coming week or so though. Finally, a break from the storms.Scott in Fife, 2.9kwp pv SSW facing, 2.7kw Fronius inverter installed Jan 2012 - 14.3kwh Seplos Mason battery storage with Lux ac controller - Renault Zoe 40kwh, Corsa-e 50kwh, Zappi EV charger and Octopus Go3
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