Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

michaels

Day 6 with less than 2Os - forget December, we would have needed a bl**dy big battery to cover off the end of May / start of June

Merlin139

Good after 11:30

Hawaii + 0.40 O's

Only another 126 O's to beat last June! :eek:

legoman62

legoman62 wrote: »

Have we just left.....12.30 ish. After a cold and misty start it's glorious here now:T

Hawaii + 0.3 O's here yesterday:)

Almost all of it made in the afternoon:beer:

Today is looking even better......probably jinxed it now:rotfl:

Exiled_Tyke

Yesterday a respectable 4.8 O's. Slowly catching up after a dismal start to the month and now 1/2 O behind schedule. Today's forecast looking good so hoping to get back on top.

Markj1110

The Sun eventually came out at 3.00pm yesterday! Still only got 2.92 O's though! :eek:
Today the Sun is shining. :j

matty2767

Sun been shining nicely all day but only generating 2700w at any time which is down from my 3700 normally peak. Is this because the panels are inefficient in the heat?

EricMears

matty2767 wrote: »

Sun been shining nicely all day but only generating 2700w at any time which is down from my 3700 normally peak. Is this because the panels are inefficient in the heat?

I'm sure the panels getting hot will have caused some losses - but 25% reduction seems a lot. Are you quite sure that you had a clear blue sky all the time or could there have been some wispy high level cloud around ? We too had a peak reading of just over 3kW and I'm pretty sure the slight haze was responsible.

Very hard to judge just how bad a haze level is - don't try looking at sun and trying to pick out wisps of cloud - (a) your eyes just aren't sensitive enough to do that and (b) you'll go blind ! You need to look at a patch of apparently empty sky and try and decide whether there's any sideways illumination on it.

matty2767

We aren't that far from you so if you thought it was a bit hazy then that must have been same for us.

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zeupater

EricMears wrote: »

I'm sure the panels getting hot will have caused some losses - but 25% reduction seems a lot. Are you quite sure that you had a clear blue sky all the time or could there have been some wispy high level cloud around ? We too had a peak reading of just over 3kW and I'm pretty sure the slight haze was responsible.

Very hard to judge just how bad a haze level is - don't try looking at sun and trying to pick out wisps of cloud - (a) your eyes just aren't sensitive enough to do that and (b) you'll go blind ! You need to look at a patch of apparently empty sky and try and decide whether there's any sideways illumination on it.

Hi

I simply do the 'Wedgwood-blue' test .... if a clear sky is lighter than that then it's pretty hazy ....

HTH
Z

ajbell

6.62 Os today.


But 22kWh down on the month so far, should make some up tomorrow.