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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • sly_dog_jonah
    sly_dog_jonah Posts: 1,003 Forumite
    Car Insurance Carver!
    12.5kWh today (albeit a piddly 30W still being generated) and the ImmerSUN surpassed 100kWh cumulatively with a 6.0kWh utilisation today (so used a shade under 50% generation). I'll update my ImmerSUN stats on my other thread at the end of it's first month, but so far it's diverted 38% of our generation into the immersion.
    Cider Country Solar PV generator: 3.7kWp Enfinity system on unshaded SE (-36deg azimuth) & 45deg roof
  • Cavemanu
    Cavemanu Posts: 63 Forumite
    12kwh for us in Nottingham and 8 kwh yesterday.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    John_Pierpoint wrote: »
    IYSWIM.

    Could you please explain to a thicko...:)

    7.2 kWh today..not too bad. Went from 100 W - 2kW between clouds..:rotfl:
    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).
  • zeupater
    zeupater Posts: 5,390 Forumite
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    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    Could you please explain to a thicko...:)

    7.2 kWh today..not too bad. Went from 100 W - 2kW between clouds..:rotfl:
    IYSWIM = If You See What I Mean ??

    Z
    "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle
    B)
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,397 Forumite
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    zeupater wrote: »
    IYSWIM = If You See What I Mean ??

    Z

    Doh! I thought it was Apple's latest product that you use at the local pool. ;)

    8 East, 2.2 West.

    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.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    edited 18 October 2012 at 9:48AM
    Martyn1981 wrote: »
    Doh! I thought it was Apple's latest product that you use at the local pool. ;)

    8 East, 2.2 West.

    Mart.

    I thought it was when a Mother threw the Kid in the water and said 'In You Swim':rotfl:
    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).
  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,088 Forumite
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    You all did well yesterday, I only got 3.67kWh :(
    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.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
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    Dunno what my generation is as in the Maldives.

    If only I could move my panels here $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

    ;)
  • The_Green_Hornet
    The_Green_Hornet Posts: 1,600 Forumite
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    I've just celebrated the second anniversary of the installation of my solar panels. My original objective for installing them was for the feed in tariff and export payments to cover the cost of my annual gas and electricity bills with any surplus being used to pay for any system maintenance that is required.

    So how have they performed so far?

    Year 1
    1331 kWh generated
    £589.24 FiT and export payments received
    £419.59 spent on gas and electricity
    £0 spent on system maintenance
    £169.65 annual surplus

    Year 2
    1325 kWh generated
    £613.96 FiT and export payments received
    £40.00 late FiT payment compensation received
    £421.03 spent on gas and electricity
    £0 spent on system maintenance
    £232.93 annual surplus

    Overall surplus to date is £402.58 (excluding interest).

    So far so good but who knows how energy prices and inflation will pan out during the next two decades (or how the weather behaves).
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,397 Forumite
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    The_Green_Hornet wrote: »

    So how have they performed so far?

    Very consistent numbers there GH.

    Any room for a PV extension? :)

    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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