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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • edwink
    edwink Posts: 3,006 Forumite
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    PANTS PANTS AND MORE PANTS


    0.02 O's for us today. At least it is not a big fat ZERO


    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
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,281 Forumite
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    0.18989 O's

    Better than yesterday but more rain today!
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • ajbell
    ajbell Posts: 1,151 Forumite
    Worst day yet.
    0.03 O's today.
    4kWp, South facing, 16 x phono solar panels, Solis inverter, Lincolnshire.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,034 Forumite
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    Rain all day:( Dark at 14.30 = 0.15 O's here today :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.
  • Markj1110
    Markj1110 Posts: 912 Forumite
    Rubbish! 0.10 O's today. :eek:
    3.96 kWp System, SSE Facing, 30 Degree Pitch, 12 x 330W BenQ Panels, Solar Edge Inverter, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Installed 26th May 2015.
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    He shoots, he scores and misses the spoon.....0.05 O's today
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • pinnks
    pinnks Posts: 1,564 Forumite
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    Some unexpected blue sky at 2pm for 30 minutes or so saw 2kW+ generation and saved the day (somewhat) resulting in 0.3 Os
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    edited 3 January 2016 at 8:41PM
    edwink wrote: »
    PANTS PANTS AND MORE PANTS
    0.02 O's for us today. At least it is not a big fat ZERO


    Edwink ;)
    Count yourself Lucky....:D
    Rats it twas here...p0217.gifAccording to generation meter it was exactly the same as yesterday...Had not moved..wish I had two decimal point readings...0 O's...Spoon for me, unless someone has a negative...Trust Mrs O to do a major clean today of all days.......t9415.gif.....coffee.gif
    Unless; I can use my Wattson reading = 0.192 O's....Smiley-Begging.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).
  • EricMears
    EricMears Posts: 3,313 Forumite
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    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    wish I had two decimal point readings...0 O's...Spoon for me, unless someone has a negative...
    If you're using the TGM, you can't have a negative (unless meter is faulty !); if inverter's own meter has enough decimal places then on a day with no generation it ought to be showing something approaching -100W
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,448 Forumite
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    shavy65 wrote: »
    On another note, has anyone seen any substantial decrease in efficiency as their system ages?
    Maybe I`m just paranoid (or maybe just less observant) but I didn`t think my system`s generation peaks were as high this summer past as the first year, although the difference in overall generation for the previous 2 years is negligible.
    For example this first summer I seemed to have quite a few days of high 20`s and even a few into the 30`s, this year I had nothing like that.....could always just be down to the NE Scotland weather mined you!

    I'd guess it's down to the weather. I had a better summer 2014 than 2015, but 2015 was a more even year, so did ok overall. Had Nov and Dec (2015) only been bad, rather than horrific then the 106% of target I got in 2015 would have been very close to the 108% I saw in 2014.

    Spot of early afternoon sun yesterday prevented a zero and gave 0.29 Os. So nice in fact it prompted us to take doggy for a walk ....... took about 20 mins to dry us all of on our return under a black as night sky. :embarasse

    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.
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