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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • stevechelt
    stevechelt Posts: 16 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    My worst December at only 65% of PVGIS (14.72 O's) tops my worst year at 94% PVGIS (out of only 3 full Jan-Dec years.)

    My monthly winter generation is consistently down on PVGIS, rarely reaching 100%, I think shade from neighbour's trees is a bigger factor than I thought and those trees are growing! Oh well.

    Happy New Year everyone!
    Cheltenham. 3.90 Kwp system. SSE = 2.73kwp (14 x 195w panels), WWS = 1.17kwp (6 x 195w panels). 30 degree slope.
    EREV car (Ampera) & eBike!
  • django01
    django01 Posts: 95 Forumite
    Achieved 85% of PVGIS for Dec. Yearly PVGIS target 101%. Happy new year!!
    4.65kw PV LG 310w, SMA inverter and monitoring. SW London. Installed - 12/10/16
    Heat Genius smart home heating - 12/02/15
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,310 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Goodish day to end the year.

    1.55 O's

    Ended the month at 137% of Estimate.

    Worst full year of 3 but still at 111.8% of Estimate.

    May I wish you all a Happy and Prosperous 2018!
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,481 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    My worst year, not helped by a dead power optimiser on the WNW system.

    Got 4,188kWh's and 99% of target (ESE 101% / WNW 93%). That's 750.5 O's.

    Leccy import is up about 100kWh's this year to 1,562kWh's. But I have been using a small heat pump since April.

    Gas consumption approx 7,200kWhs, my lowest ever.

    Total gen since day 1, now a smidge over 26MWh's.

    Nothing to complain about, systems still doing far better than I ever expected.
    Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 28kWh 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.
  • Markj1110
    Markj1110 Posts: 912 Forumite
    0.53 O's yesterday.
    60% of PVGIS for month!
    Best December since install!
    Total for year 3496kWh, MCS Cert 3445kWh.
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    3.96 kWp System, SSE Facing, 30 Degree Pitch, 12 x 330W BenQ Panels, Solar Edge Inverter, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Installed 26th May 2015.
  • hollie.weimeraner
    hollie.weimeraner Posts: 2,155 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Just completed my second full year and had a very good December with PVGIS predicting 71Kwh I actually hit 107Kwh.
    The annual total was 10% up on PVGIS and just 9Kwh better than last year which I find pretty amazing really with how close they are.
    Anyway I'm just pleased that I am currently ahead of my prediction for recouping my outlay.:beer:
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    hollie.weimeraner wrote: »
    Just completed my second full year and had a very good December with PVGIS predicting 71Kwh I actually hit 107Kwh.
    The annual total was 10% up on PVGIS and just 9Kwh better than last year which I find pretty amazing really with how close they are.
    Anyway I'm just pleased that I am currently ahead of my prediction for recouping my outlay.:beer:
    I ended -22% below PVGIS for December '17; November '17 was +16% of PVGIS: Hope Jan '18 has an upturn; today...0.64 O's...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).
  • ASavvyBuyer
    ASavvyBuyer Posts: 1,737 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 1 January 2018 at 5:45PM
    Best day of the year so far with 0.295 O's and 2.6% above PVGIS estimate.
  • gefnew
    gefnew Posts: 938 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    Not to bad this month 104Kwh generated, total for the year 3484 Kwh.Not as good as 2015 when generated 3708 Kwh. but not complaining.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,058 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 1 January 2018 at 7:31PM
    0.525 O's here today

    Dec 17 total 66.9kWh

    Dec 14 total 81kWh:T
    Dec 15 total 52.9kWh:eek:
    2017 total = 3328.7kWh v 2016 total 3424.5kWh....new low:mad:

    Still 100kWh more than installers figures:rotfl:

    Happy new year everyone:beer:
    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.
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