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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • theboylard
    theboylard Posts: 1,211 Forumite
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    Oct 2014 187.483/218 = 86% of PVGIS Target
    Oct 2015 191.03/218 = 87.63% of target

    Best day 9/10 with 14.919kWh / 3.73 ho's
    Worst day 30/10 with 0.616kWh / 0.154 ho's

    Improvement on last year, but only just! Without yesterday's 3.366kWh it would have been almost exactly the same!

    But it brings my run of exceeding monthly targets to an end.
    Dec 2014 to Sep 2015, 10 consecutive months.

    Looking forward, with today's cracking 2.695 ho's to kick start the month, my forecast for November is 245% of PVGIS :)
    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.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,024 Forumite
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    Just over 2 O's here today:D

    Nice start to November:)

    More of the same pleeeeease;)
    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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    tunnel wrote: »
    Back from my jollies in the morning, I'll try and bring some of this tenerife sun back with me.
    Wish I could have brought the panels out here. :rotfl:
    No figures to report and don't care (till tomoz..lol)
    https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/espana/canarias/santa-cruz-de-tenerife/playa-de-fanabe.html

    Tell me, the couple shown on the 'live cam' of the beach doing the Adam & Eve creation bit wasn't you and Mrs T? :eek:
    ajbell wrote: »
    Any one tried mirrors to reflect light on to their panels.

    I did try a very strong battery operated wide beam torch, (charged during daylight) thought about tapping in to street lights, but then the local council switched the blighter off; let me know if you come up with an answer....smiley-laughing021.gif
    ajbell wrote: »
    so what have you been generating at any one time?.
    Still trying to work out what i will be able to run.
    Get yourself a solar monitor, better than a finger in the air......smiley-laughing021.gif
    Very good day today, in fact the best day this month so far....3.52 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).
  • edwink
    edwink Posts: 3,006 Forumite
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    ajbell wrote: »
    Any one tried mirrors to reflect light on to their panels.


    Yep, we tried that on one of our panels that was shaded at the time. It did not make any difference to the generation at all.:(


    Edwink ;)
    *3.36 kWp solar panel system,10 x Ultima & 4 x Panasonic solar panels, Solaredge Inverter *Biomass boiler stove for cooking, hot water & heating *2000ltr Rainwater harvesting system for loo flushing *Hybrid Toyota Auris car *RIP Pingu, Hoppy, Ginger & Biscuit *Hens & Ducks* chat thread. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5282209
  • edwink
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    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    Tell me, the couple shown on the 'live cam' of the beach doing the Adam & Eve creation bit wasn't you and Mrs T? :eek:


    Oscar, haven't you noticed that Mrs T is wearing black at the moment so it definitely wasn't her you saw. :rotfl:


    0.71 O's for us today in the rainforest


    Edwink ;)
    *3.36 kWp solar panel system,10 x Ultima & 4 x Panasonic solar panels, Solaredge Inverter *Biomass boiler stove for cooking, hot water & heating *2000ltr Rainwater harvesting system for loo flushing *Hybrid Toyota Auris car *RIP Pingu, Hoppy, Ginger & Biscuit *Hens & Ducks* chat thread. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5282209
  • Markj1110
    Markj1110 Posts: 912 Forumite
    Foggy here yesterday until the afternoon!! only 0.84 "O". :(
    3.96 kWp System, SSE Facing, 30 Degree Pitch, 12 x 330W BenQ Panels, Solar Edge Inverter, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Installed 26th May 2015.
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,161 Forumite
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    edwink wrote: »
    Oscar, haven't you noticed that Mrs T is wearing black at the moment so it definitely wasn't her you saw. :rotfl:


    0.71 O's for us today in the rainforest


    Edwink ;)

    I am really surprised your bit of Herts gets such different output from ours - we got 2.5 Os yesterday and made pvgis for October.
    I think....
  • hollie.weimeraner
    hollie.weimeraner Posts: 2,155 Forumite
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    michaels wrote: »
    we got 2.5 Os yesterday and made pvgis for October.

    Yesterday was 1st of November ;)
  • hollie.weimeraner
    hollie.weimeraner Posts: 2,155 Forumite
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    2 days into November and I have 20% 0f PVGIS already. Makes up for a rubbish finish to October and failing to hit PVGIS. Hope I haven't cursed myself though:rotfl:
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    Dismal day today; fog all day long.....0.92 O's...but Wattson was pretty spot on...coffee.gif
    http://wattson.energyhive.com/dashboard/oscarsenergy
    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).
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