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I've not worked out my pvgis yet, but electric for the month was -£1 in total (incl vat and SC).
However gas heating has been on a bit, so total is circa £18. Still not too bad!PPI success. Banding success. Double Dip PCN cancelled! South facing solar (Midlands) and battery. Savings Session supporter (is it worth it now!?)4 -
September results.
Very poor month with 73% of target. Wide spread, with 71% for the ESE/SSW and 86% for the WNW.
Generated 484kWh (55.47 O's).
Imported 292kWh.
Exported 210kWh.
Total consumption 566kWh.
Gas was ~77kWh. [DHW & oven.]
Consumption reasonable. BEV charging was a mix of PV and cheap rate. GCH is still off.
Worst Sep result, but as well as poor weather, I had work done to batts, so inverter off at times, and some clipping.
Currently projecting 88% for the year, which would 'smash' our worst year 2017 which was 99%.
[Issues with upgraded system now hopefully sorted, but late in month. Looks like Oct will be my first proper test of all the toys. Hope to reduce daytime import to a minimum, perhaps ~10kWh sneaking past the batts/inverter. But time will tell. If all goes to plan, then almost all leccy will now be PV, or cheap rate.]
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 -
Nearly a whole O here, 0.97.Edit. Pvgis at 97% too. Lowest Sept figure apart from one when Inverter packed up!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.5
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0.43 Os today. Rain rain rain.PPI success. Banding success. Double Dip PCN cancelled! South facing solar (Midlands) and battery. Savings Session supporter (is it worth it now!?)4
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More rain here too 0.33 O'sBarnsley, 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 Outgoing4 -
My September figures were not great, 9.2% below PVGIS and my second worst September (not counting the year the inverter failed), beaten only by 2013 (slightly). Looking at the quarter as a whole it's one of the worst as well, if it hadn't been for a sunny August it would have been by far the worst.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-2022.5
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Ditto! 0.25 O’s☔️pete-20-11 said:0.43 Os today. Rain rain rain.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.4 -
Overcast but dry until after lunchtime when rain took over, 0.85 O's.
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.4 -
1.11 Os, some late afternoon sun.PPI success. Banding success. Double Dip PCN cancelled! South facing solar (Midlands) and battery. Savings Session supporter (is it worth it now!?)4
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1.99 O's today so things looking up perhaps!
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.4
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