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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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That is very low! We've been importing about 1 kWh/day since the solar was installed, previously about 9-10 per day, so I'm happy with that.EcoScruples said:
I have a similar experience with grid pull, my average grid use per day is now 280w this is mostly the shower that runs at 4.5kw so 1.3kw over the inverter rating and also tiny amounts of grid pull when I kettles, ovens, microwaves etc go on and off and the battery balances the discharge. I can live with that.ed110220 said:
Practically the same here, averaged about 21 kWh/day since install on the 21 June. Even on a dull day like today the battery is full. We only seem to import more than a tiny amount when using the hob/oven as presumably it draws more than the batteries can supply.EcoScruples said:2.63 which was enough to be completely self sufficient today so pleased with that.
For the 21 days in June since install I averaged 20kW per day and still only 69kW short of the PVGIS target.
447kW made in 21 days, lovely.
Total grid use for this month (excl days 1 to 8) was just 5kw.Solar install June 2022, Bath
4.8 kW array, Growatt SPH5000 inverter, 1x Seplos Mason 280L V3 battery 15.2 kWh.
SSW roof. ~22° pitch, BISF house. 12 x 400W Hyundai panels2 -
Annoyingly. I don't know for sure as the POS growatt server went down and by the time it came back the inverter has gone to sleep so it won't send buffered data until tomorrow.
Last reading was 22.4kWh which makes it 5.22 O's.4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.4 -
Mixed day with some sun and heavy showers: 4.22 O's. 108% PVGIS for June.
6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.3 -
June generation was 8.9% above PVGIS
Alas, I only managed to use 37% of it so donated 313kWh to the grid.NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq52 -
June results.
No heating but a few hours of A/C, all PV.
Good month with 107% of target. No spread, with 107% for the ESE and 107% for the WNW.
Generated 697kWh (124.91 O's).
Imported 141kWh.
Exported 313kWh.
Consumed 525kWh.
Gas was ~55kWh.
Getting better but import and export still high. Lots of BEV driving by Wifey mostly on PV but fluctuating clouds meant some import. If we had a battery, import would have been zero, hmmm?
Looks like annual leccy consumption will be around 6,000kWh, up from ~3,000kWh prior to BEV's and small heatpumps.
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.5 -
For yesterday 2.46 O's pv and 0.2 O for wind, but sufficient for our needs to finish the month.
PV for June finished 14.8% above average at 152 O's, best since install.62% consumed, of which EV's 262kWh's, ashp's - cooling 60, DHW 101.Export 531 kWhImport 22 kWh @ £0.11 average. Octopus DD £10, bill for June £9.67 TBC.Consumed 884 kWhWind output for June 261 kWh's.Total export of clean energy to the Grid for June 792 kWh's.No Fossil Fuels were exhumed or sacrificed in either the generation of energy consumed or compilation of figures above.
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.6 -
here we go for another month 6.2 & 3.62 Separate arrays, 7 x JASolar 380w panels (2.66kWp) south facing, 4 x JASolar 380w panels (1.52kWp) east facing, 11 x Tigo optimizers & cloud, Growatt SPH5000, Growatt 6.5kWh Hybrid battery (Go-live 01/12/21) - Additional reporting via Solar Assistant.3
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Worst day so far: 11.1 kWh and 2.31 O's.Solar install June 2022, Bath
4.8 kW array, Growatt SPH5000 inverter, 1x Seplos Mason 280L V3 battery 15.2 kWh.
SSW roof. ~22° pitch, BISF house. 12 x 400W Hyundai panels3 -
Average start to July here with 3.8 O’s3
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Another day of mixed weather, and another kinda OK total.10.24kWh, 3.76 O's.Best day of the month
N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.5
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