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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    edited 1 September 2022 at 7:54PM
    4.725 O's here today.
    519.5 8kWh for the month.
    51.5kWh better than any previous August🤣😂
    16 Sanyo Hit 250s.4kWp SMA 3.8kWp inverter. SW roof. 28° pitch. Minimal shade. Nov 2011 install. Hybrid car. Ripple Kirk Hill. N.E Lincs Coast.
  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,132 Forumite
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    Best August ever, just pipping 2019, PVGIS +25%
    2kWp Solar PV - 10*200W Kioto, SMA Sunny Boy 2000HF, SSE facing, some shading in winter, 37° pitch, installed Jun-2011, inverter replaced Sep-2017 AND Feb-2022.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,380 Forumite
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    edited 1 September 2022 at 4:24AM
    legoman62 said:
    4.725 O's here today.
    519.5 O's for the month.
    51.5kWh better than any previous August🤣😂
    519.5 O's WOW, you must have had your own Sun shining over your house! :D:D:)
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • EcoScruples
    EcoScruples Posts: 422 Forumite
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    August ended pretty well, total generation was 534kw against a target of 481kw
    Battery managed the whole month without emptying fully and I managed to export 198kw too.

    4.3kwp JA panels, Huawei 3.68kw Hybrid inverter, Huawei 10kw Lunar 2000 battery, Myenergi eddi, South facing array with a 15 degree roof pitch, winter shade.
  • Magnitio
    Magnitio Posts: 1,263 Forumite
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    Not a bad day to finish August - 3.72 O's.
    117% of PVGIS for the month.
    6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.
  • Alnat1
    Alnat1 Posts: 4,000 Forumite
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    19.8kWh yesterday 3.77 O's

    627kWh total for August 117% of PVGIS
    Barnsley, South Yorkshire
    Solar PV 5.25kWp SW facing (14 x 375) installed Mar 22 
    Lux 3.6kw hybrid inverter and 9.6kw Pylontech batteries 
    Daikin 8kW ASHP installed Jan 25
    Octopus Cosy/Fixed Outgoing 
  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,132 Forumite
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    edited 2 September 2022 at 12:08PM
    Merlin139 said:
    legoman62 said:
    4.725 O's here today.
    519.5 O's for the month.
    51.5kWh better than any previous August🤣😂
    519.5 O's WOW, you must have had your own Sun shining over your house! :D:D:)
    Well I managed 511, not a million miles away
    Edit: No I didn't, see later post!
    2kWp Solar PV - 10*200W Kioto, SMA Sunny Boy 2000HF, SSE facing, some shading in winter, 37° pitch, installed Jun-2011, inverter replaced Sep-2017 AND Feb-2022.
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,576 Forumite
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    August results.

    No heating but quite a few hours of A/C, all PV.

    Excellent month with 121% of target. Small spread, with 119% for the ESE and 124% for the WNW.
    Generated 618kWh (110.7 O's).
    Imported 149kWh.
    Exported 242kWh.
    Consumed 525kWh. 
    Gas was ~66kWh. 

    Getting better but import and export still high. Lots of BEV driving by Wifey mostly on PV but fluctuating clouds meant an annoying amount of import. If we had a battery, import would have been zero, hmmm?

    Looks like annual leccy consumption will be around 6,800kWh, up from ~3,200kWh 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.
  • QrizB
    QrizB Posts: 20,762 Forumite
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    KevinG said:
    Merlin139 said:
    legoman62 said:
    4.725 O's here today.
    519.5 O's for the month.
    51.5kWh better than any previous August🤣😂
    519.5 O's WOW, you must have had your own Sun shining over your house! :D:D:)
    Well I managed 511, not a million miles away
    That's more than 16 O's a day, every day for the month. Are you certain about that?

    N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.
    2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.
    Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,576 Forumite
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    QrizB said:
    KevinG said:
    Merlin139 said:
    legoman62 said:
    4.725 O's here today.
    519.5 O's for the month.
    51.5kWh better than any previous August🤣😂
    519.5 O's WOW, you must have had your own Sun shining over your house! :D:D:)
    Well I managed 511, not a million miles away
    That's more than 16 O's a day, every day for the month. Are you certain about that?

    8.24 O's per day, but still somewhat overly impressive!  ;)
    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.
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