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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • ed110220
    ed110220 Posts: 1,629 Forumite
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    ed110220 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.
    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. 
    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.
    Total grid use for this month (excl days 1 to 8) was just 5kw.
    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.
    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 panels
  • Spies
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    edited 30 June 2022 at 10:07PM
    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. 
  • Magnitio
    Magnitio Posts: 1,265 Forumite
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    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.
  • EricMears
    EricMears Posts: 3,320 Forumite
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    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 Ioniq5
  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 819 Forumite
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    here we go for another month 6.2 & 3.6 
    2 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.
  • ed110220
    ed110220 Posts: 1,629 Forumite
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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 panels
  • Laycity
    Laycity Posts: 1,897 Forumite
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    Average start to July here with 3.8 O’s
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