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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • shavy65
    shavy65 Posts: 562 Forumite
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    Nice viewing...

    http://energynumbers.info/gbgrid

    PV currently providing UK with 11% of total demand. Not too far behind nuclear.
    3.975 kWp System, South facing, 21 degree pitch, 15 x Canadian Solar Elps, Samil Inverter, location NE Scotland (Fraserburgh) Bring on the Sun :beer:
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    shavy65 wrote: »
    Nice viewing...

    http://energynumbers.info/gbgrid

    PV currently providing UK with 11% of total demand. Not too far behind nuclear.

    That all comes to 42.3%; where is the rest coming from???:D
    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).
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,403 Forumite
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    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    That all comes to 42.3%; where is the rest coming from???:D

    Not %'s Oscar, but GW's.

    The guy who runs that site posts some great comments on the Navitron forum. Handy source for me to get quick answers on weird ponderings, or energy mixes etc.

    Gridwatch on Saturday was quite funny, with the solar curve actually going out of the graph box and into the labelling above.
    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.
  • old_grouser
    old_grouser Posts: 176 Forumite
    edited 27 March 2017 at 6:49PM
    Martyn1981 wrote: »
    Not %'s Oscar, but GW's.

    The guy who runs that site posts some great comments on the Navitron forum. Handy source for me to get quick answers on weird ponderings, or energy mixes etc.
    .

    I thought that Navitron is an Australian site...and it is, but there is a UK site as well. For some reason I've only ever seen the Aussie one!
    O G :cool: Somewhere on the South Downs
    3.29kWp S by E
    Greetings to Druids everywhere
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,997 Forumite
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    edited 28 March 2017 at 9:21PM
    1.1 O's here today on the cold and cloudy E. coast:mad:
    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.
  • rugbyleaguesmate
    rugbyleaguesmate Posts: 281 Forumite
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    edited 27 March 2017 at 10:32PM
    5.98 o's on the sunny west coast....... 40kw........ wow just wow wonder what my Peak will be this year!
    6.72kw Pv Ja Solar 280w * 24 panels, Solar Edge inverter, South facing no shading.
    South Lake District, delightful view of Morecambe Bay. Not Saving up for a battery too expensive:j:mad::hello:

    July Solar target 769kw
  • ASavvyBuyer
    ASavvyBuyer Posts: 1,737 Forumite
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    3.38 O's today. Not as good as the last few days because of the haze.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    ASavvyBuyer wrote: »
    3.38 O's today. Not as good as the last few days because of the haze.

    I had a similar problem, but alas, not haze. 0.00 O's...crying.gif...:mad:...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).
  • old_grouser
    old_grouser Posts: 176 Forumite
    I had 5.9 Os today, the same as yesterday, so two missed maidens; but a Hawaii three days running makes up for it. Today our March PVGIS was reached with four days to go.

    I hope that Oscar gets back into production soon, and that it rains or hazes continually in his neck of the woods until his new inverter arrives, so that he loses not a single watt.
    O G :cool: Somewhere on the South Downs
    3.29kWp S by E
    Greetings to Druids everywhere
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,259 Forumite
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    Cloud!:(

    0.97 O's
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

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