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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • EricMears
    EricMears Posts: 3,309 Forumite
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    legoman62 wrote: »
    How come my Mar PVGIS is 339kWh and our location, size, orientation and azimuth are similar
    No doubt one of you will be using 'traditional' PVGIS & the other the 'climate' model.

    But it really doesn't matter too much since neither gives a really accurate forecast for a specific month - just the average you would have got for the last 30 years so might expect for the rest of your FIT contract.
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • Sterlingtimes
    Sterlingtimes Posts: 2,524 Forumite
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    9,480 Wh / 3,780 Wp = 2.51 Os

    But a long way from month's PVGIS.
    I have osteoarthritis in my hands so I speak my messages into a microphone using Dragon. Some people make "typos" but I often make "speakos".
  • 1961Nick
    1961Nick Posts: 2,107 Forumite
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    legoman62 wrote: »
    How come my Mar PVGIS is 339kWh and our location, size, orientation

    and azimuth are similar:think::shocked:

    Would the fact that you're further South or nearer the coast make any difference?

    3.685 O's today. (That's more than Driffield!):eek:
    4kWp (black/black) - Sofar Inverter - SSE(141°) - 30° pitch - North Lincs
    Installed June 2013 - PVGIS = 3400
    Sofar ME3000SP Inverter & 5 x Pylontech US2000B Plus & 3 x US2000C Batteries - 19.2kWh
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,982 Forumite
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    edited 30 March 2015 at 8:59PM
    EricMears wrote: »
    No doubt one of you will be using 'traditional' PVGIS & the other the 'climate' model.

    But it really doesn't matter too much since neither gives a really accurate forecast for a specific month - just the average you would have got for the last 30 years so might expect for the rest of your FIT contract.

    No, it's not that...tried both;)

    May be location though:think:

    Oh no! what I have started:eek:

    Edit. Nick, Just seen your post so yes
    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.
  • old_grouser
    old_grouser Posts: 176 Forumite
    3.5 Os here - nice morning, cloudy afternoon - and no worse than in Scotland, it seems!
    O G :cool: Somewhere on the South Downs
    3.29kWp S by E
    Greetings to Druids everywhere
  • theboylard
    theboylard Posts: 1,211 Forumite
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    edited 30 March 2015 at 11:01PM
    Gobsmacked with today's numbers, a typhoo + .42 or 3.42 ho's in old money!

    Just need 8.67 kWh tomorrow to hit target!
    4kWp, SSE, SolarEdge P300 optimisers & SE3500 Inverter, in occasionally sunny Corby, Northants.
    Now with added Sunsynk 5kw hybrid ecco inverter & 15kWh Fogstar batteries. Oh Octopus Energy too.
  • 1961Nick
    1961Nick Posts: 2,107 Forumite
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    legoman62 wrote: »
    No, it's not that...tried both;)

    May be location though:think:

    Oh no! what I have started:eek:

    Edit. Nick, Just seen your post so yes

    What's your annual PVGIS compared to my 3400?
    4kWp (black/black) - Sofar Inverter - SSE(141°) - 30° pitch - North Lincs
    Installed June 2013 - PVGIS = 3400
    Sofar ME3000SP Inverter & 5 x Pylontech US2000B Plus & 3 x US2000C Batteries - 19.2kWh
  • Martyn1981
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    1961Nick wrote: »
    At 3.00pm I reached my PVGIS estimate for the month (306kWh).:j

    Another 6kWh tomorrow & I'm all square for the year.

    I'm close, got a TyphOOO yesterday, taking me to within 5kWh of month end target.

    Average daily target for end of Mch is 13kWh, and today looks like being better than average. Hooray :shhh: .... touch wood!

    Mart.
    Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 20kWh 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.
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
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    I've still got no clue how I'm doing against PVGIS this month :eek:

    Anyone get any structural damage in last nights storms? I woke at 1am as the roof tiles were rattling - I could actually hear them grating in the gusts - that was unnerving.

    Looked out this morning and 3 houses out the back of mine have lost garden walls - there is debris everywhere.

    My weather station ( http://www.westonweather.co.uk ) only records up to 50MPH winds - usually plenty for low level wind speeds and not a speed recorded before, but it topped out last night, so winds were in excess.

    I'm going to get a ladder out when it's calmed later and check there is nothing loose on my roof - I don't want a panel trying to escape at a later date.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,982 Forumite
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    1961Nick wrote: »
    What's your annual PVGIS compared to my 3400?

    Climate-SAF PVGIS gives me an annual total of 3810 kWh:eek:
    Classic PVGIS is 3240 kWh

    The number seems to rise every time I check:D
    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.
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