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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Great month, and best ever May, but just fell short of the magic 700 with a lovely 693.6kWh's or 124.3 Os, and 110% of target.
Imported 86kWhs
Consumed 219kWhs
Exported 560kWhs.
Prediction for 2018 now at 99% of PVGIS.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.
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Absolutely not !Oscargrouch wrote: »Nice to see how the kWh/kWp results tend to show a realistic comparison in the UK over a month despite pitch, region, etc.etc. Would you not agree Eric?..
Only a handful of posters have reported their May figures so far and some of them don't include location, panel alignment etc. However, the results quoted in kWh/kWp seem to range from 124 to 159 which I don't regard as 'consistent' !
By coincidence, you can buy a litre of petrol for as little as 124p in some parts of the country if you look hard enough whereas 159p is not unusual at a motorway service area. Would you describe those petrol prices as being "a realistic comparison" ?NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq50 -
Not a great day yesterday, but it did brighten up a little by the afternoon.
May's numbers are in:
613.96 kWh... Or 153.49 O's... 129.5% of PVGIS
Very nice indeed...
2018 is now at 103.3% of PVGIS...
At this point in the previous years...
2015: 121.6%
2016: 114.6%
2017: 103.5%
Fingers crossed the rest of year improves...4 Kwp System, South Facing, 35 Degree Pitch, 16 x 250W Solarworld Panels, SMA Sunnyboy 3600 Inverter, Installed 02/09/14 in Sunny South Bedford - £5600
Growatt AC Coupled SPA3000tl and 6.5kWh battery Installed Apr 20220 -
Results up here consistent to everyone else: -
May - 616 kWh, 126.5% of PVGIS estimate.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:0 -
636.4 against PVGIS of 47816 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 :j0
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Absolutely not !
Only a handful of posters have reported their May figures so far and some of them don't include location, panel alignment etc. However, the results quoted in kWh/kWp seem to range from 124 to 159 which I don't regard as 'consistent' !
+/- 12% of 141.5 O's. Not bad at all. Even better considering my E/W system is at the bottom, and generates approx 10% less than south facing in May.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.0 -
I am at about 12% above expectations - 630kWh compared to expected of 563kWh. Would have been much better but for the poor final week in the south and west of the country. Still the best May ever though and making up for some of the poor weather in March and April.
Also achieved my lowest May import at just 91kWh,even though household use up a little from 2017 (but still lower than other years).0 -
A bit similar to the price of Fish I guess..:rotfl:..:rotfl: Best day this month today with a/an Hawaii + 0.24 O's..:beer:..Absolutely not !
By coincidence, you can buy a litre of petrol for as little as 124p in some parts of the country if you look hard enough whereas 159p is not unusual at a motorway service area. Would you describe those petrol prices as being "a realistic comparison" ?
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:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).0 -
32 Os, 28% above pvgis, best month ever by 12 Os, still 6Os down for 2018....I think....0
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Poor morning and good afternoon.
Best day of the month!
Hawaii - 0.08 O's3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds0
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