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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • ourcornercottage
    ourcornercottage Posts: 1,526 Forumite
    edwink wrote: »
    4.58 O's for us today!!


    One washing machine load done for FREE and a tank of hot water thanks to the iBoost. Oh and 4 cups of coffee from 500w camping kettle!!! Plus 2 slices of toast at lunch time!! Didn't pay for any of it!!


    We use under 2kWh per day in the Edwink household which is mostly evening use. So very low users!! We use around 60kWh per month or just under!!


    What do the rest of you use??? Just interested!!!!!!!


    Edwink ;)

    We use about 3-3.5 per day family of 3 working with solar panels and iboost. We try to do all washing etc during day on our days off.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,258 Forumite
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    Tetley + 0.65 (14.51 kWh)

    Better than expected. Ended the month @ Estimate + 11.5%

    Need just over 3.75 O's per day for June to make Estimate.
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • oldskoo1
    oldskoo1 Posts: 619 Forumite
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    Finished may with 3.23 Os

    I started on the 19th after my install and despite some ropey days I'm 108% up on my PVGIS monthly / daily target for May.

    Roll on a full month of June.

    Very happy I got solar pv. Thanks to all here for pointing me in the right direction.

    Iboost has provided all our hot water apart from 2 boosts during this last week. That's a huge reduction in gas. Electricity has also plummeted and I think at least half is covered if not 70% some days. The wife is very good running the appliances and hoovering during the day!

    Im especially pleased that I'm up on daily averages despite this odd weather which got worse after my install. Very early days but I appear to be on target and we are getting the payback expected.
  • Sterlingtimes
    Sterlingtimes Posts: 2,524 Forumite
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    Today 2.86 Os. The month ended at 436 kWh compared with 421 kWh PVGIG. 104%.
    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".
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,983 Forumite
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    Made 3.65 O's today:D

    Total for month = 511.2 Kwh:T beating my previous May best of 497 kWh

    Down on May PVGIS by 5 kWh but happy with that:j

    Still very cold here....Mrs l has got the C/H on tonight:eek:
    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.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    Bummer today 3.56 O's;.....coffee.gif
    2.5 kWp PV system, SSW facing, 45 Deg Roof. ABB Inverter, Monitor: 'Wattson'.
    Reg. for FIT Nov 2011. "It's not what you generate; it's how you use it that matters". One very clean Vauxhall Diesel Sri, £30.00 Road Tax: B)

    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,385 Forumite
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    edited 31 May 2015 at 10:29PM
    Good month here, which was a surprise after a poor start.

    System M1 3.58kWp ESE got 422kWh or 107% of target.

    System M2 2kWp WNW got 236kWh or 117% of target.

    Total 658kWh or 110% of target.

    All five 2015 months have been above target.
    Leccy import dropped to 90kWh.
    Combined systems only 65kWh short of 15MWh.

    It's all good, good, good. :cool:

    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.
  • theboylard
    theboylard Posts: 1,211 Forumite
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    Another month over!
    May beat target, although struggled today to beat April's cracker!

    2015 442/485.23, 109.78%
    2014 442/434.03, 98.2%
    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.
  • Markj1110
    Markj1110 Posts: 912 Forumite
    Amazingly after all the rain, a 3.4 O's - Typhooo.
    Now looking forward to my first full month and comparing with PVGIS.
    3.96 kWp System, SSE Facing, 30 Degree Pitch, 12 x 330W BenQ Panels, Solar Edge Inverter, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Installed 26th May 2015.
  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,088 Forumite
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    A poor day to finish the month and I ended up a smidgeon above PVGIS and well down on April, but still my best ever May (just).

    May 2015: 228.58 kWh
    May 2014: 223.80 kWh
    May 2013: 227.38 kWh
    May 2012: 224.09 kWh

    May has been the most consistent month by far.
    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.
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