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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,287 Forumite
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    0.261 O's

    Ended the month on 93 kWh @ 69.88% of Estimate. smiley-laughing025.gif

    01/11/15 - 31/01/16 = 285 kWh
    01/11/14 - 31/01/15 = 456 kWh

    Lets hope the Sun comes out to play more often!
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • ajbell
    ajbell Posts: 1,151 Forumite
    edited 31 January 2016 at 5:33PM
    0.365 Os today.


    86.5% of expected generation for January.
    4kWp, South facing, 16 x phono solar panels, Solis inverter, Lincolnshire.
  • carbry
    carbry Posts: 228 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary
    0.3 O's today in miserable lincolnshire. i seem to be 7.5 kWhs short of jan target
    3.13 kWp system, south facing, East Coast lincolnshire. Installed dec 2015
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    edited 31 January 2016 at 7:46PM
    legoman62 wrote: »
    Mardy.
    My 1st ever 3 month period went from mid Nov 2011-Feb 2012
    I made 300kWh....worst ever):(
    With 2 weeks to go til the end of this period I am on 159kWh:eek::eek:
    Compare your output with others on this board...always a good indicator;)
    As I said last week "things can only get better":rotfl:

    That's me done for the day..0.68 O's...swearing-smiley.gif
    My first 3 months was about the same period as Leggo..Nov '11 - Feb '12... 105.12 O's.
    With 3 weeks to go until the end of this period..Nov '15 - Feb '16.. I'm on 50.12 O's..:mad::mad::rotfl:
    There's a comparison for you......smiley-face-swearing.gif..smiley-laughing021.gif.. coffee.gif

    Edit: Mardy looks as if he made 63 O's in that 1/4 compared to my 50.12 O's so far, in this coming 1/4; I would say, no panel problems, just down to sh*te weather.....smiley-shocked003.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).
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,037 Forumite
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    Made 1.1kWh here today...Good riddance to January:)

    Made 66.1kWh in the month 62%PVGIS:mad:

    Lower than my worst Jan(2012) 70kWh:(
    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.
  • Rheumatoid
    Rheumatoid Posts: 1,024 Forumite
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    edited 31 January 2016 at 7:08PM
    My first 4 months. I get the impression my system is doing ok and a grim Nov/Dec was experienced by most:

    October- 260 kWh; 65 O’s; % PVGIS = 98.1
    November- 120 kWh; 30 O’s; % PVGIS = 68.96
    December- 102 kWh; 25.5 O’s; % PVGIS = 77.27
    January- 159 kWh; 39.75 O’s; % PVGIS = 117.78
    16 Panel (250W JASolar) 4kWp, facing 170 degrees, 40 degree slope, Solis Inverter. Installed 29/9/2015 - £4700 (Norfolk Solar Together Scheme); 9.6kWh US2000C Pylontech batteries + Solis Inverter installed 12/4/2022 Year target (PVGIS-CMSAF) = 3880kWh - Installer estimate 3452 kWh:Average over 6 years = 4400 :j
  • Markj1110
    Markj1110 Posts: 912 Forumite
    0.25 O's today, dull and wet! :(

    61.8% of PVGIS target reached for month.smiley-shocked003.gif
    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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    Well what a strange day/month. I managed 0.35 O's today and yet my father who's 1.5 miles away hit 0.8 O's on his E/W split system.
    As for PVGIS, both my ESE and SSW came in at 75% yet my WNW hit 97%, a grand total of 104kWh over the 3 systems.


    Import was well.......let's say......too much for both gas and leccysmiley-ashamed005.gif
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • zeupater
    zeupater Posts: 5,390 Forumite
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    Hi

    PV well below PVGIS here, but comparatively better than Nov & Dec ... not our worst January to date, that was 2013. With all of the dull skies and no consecutive sunny days, the solar thermal has also been pretty abysmal, but it still contributes towards warming the mains water at the bottom of the cylinder

    Log store still pretty healthy and both gas and electricity this winter are well behind average, so overall we're still doing much better than normal.

    HTH
    Z
    "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle
    B)
  • matty2767
    matty2767 Posts: 442 Forumite
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    105kwh for me this month which is 91% PVGIS
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