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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,984 Forumite
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    edited 27 May 2013 at 1:52PM
    0.55kWh for the last day of 2012
    Ended Dec 108% PVGIS
    3496kWh for the year = 108% PVGIS
    Best day 4th June 28.4kWh
    Worst day 14th Dec 0.094kWh

    Happy New Year every:beer:one
    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.
  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,088 Forumite
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    Well, a lovely sunny start to the year after a miserable December. I suppose I'd better do the annual figure, so here goes. 2012 was my first full calendar year.

    Total generation: 1848.26 kWh, 924.13/kWp.
    PVGIS: 1686
    PVGIS climate: 1875

    Best day: 30 April, 12.92 kWh.
    Worst day: 14 December, 0.06 kWh.

    Of the comparable full months, 2012 vs. 2011:

    Jul: -9.6%
    Aug: +5.4%
    Sep: +12.5%
    Oct: -32.9%
    Nov: +18.1%
    Dec: -18.4%

    I submitted my quarterly reading to Scottish Power online last night. I made a bit of a foul-up, which I won't go into, so had to send them an email to clarify. Rather worryingly, the auto-reply contained this at the top:

    * PLEASE NOTE THAT FOR ANY READING SUBMITTED AFTER 10/12/2012 PAYMENT WILL NOT BE RECIEVED (sic) UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY 2013*

    If this proves to be true, SP will have gone from being one of the fastest payers to one of the slowest.

    Happy sunny new year to all generators!
    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.
  • Oscargrouch
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    Certainly the best day this year 5.3kWh :j Haven't beaten that since last year; 7th Dec = 5.5 kWh..:beer:
    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).
  • shafeeq
    shafeeq Posts: 973 Forumite
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    hello

    3.25kwh....today
  • John_Pierpoint
    John_Pierpoint Posts: 8,401 Forumite
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    Certainly the best day this year 8.85kWh :j Haven't beaten that since last year; 30th Nov = 8.88 kWh..:beer:
    Now the Gizmo has had a nervous breakdown - perhaps it is the change of year?
    It makes the daily total 18 kWh and for most of the day has been displaying yesterday's "dead snake" generation graph rather that today's "bell curve".

    Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery ?
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,984 Forumite
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    edited 1 January 2013 at 6:28PM
    4.1kWh today
    My best day for over 2 weeks!
    Also got some free hot water(thanks to energysavingexp's switch idea)
    Looks like everyone has started the New Year well:j
    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.
  • sly_dog_jonah
    sly_dog_jonah Posts: 1,003 Forumite
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    Flying start to 2013 with a 8.7kWh here, which means we've over 8% of Jan's PVGIS Classic estimate in the tank :beer:
    Cider Country Solar PV generator: 3.7kWp Enfinity system on unshaded SE (-36deg azimuth) & 45deg roof
  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,088 Forumite
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    Well I got 3.12kWh today, not bad but a little disappointing given that I got 4.12 on 2nd January last year and the sun was pretty much continuous today. I know panels lose a bit of efficiency but that's ridiculous so there must have been other factors.
    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.
  • k66
    k66 Posts: 354 Forumite
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    legoman62 wrote: »
    4.1kWh today
    My best day for over 2 weeks!
    Also got some free hot water(thanks to energysavingexp's switch idea)
    Looks like everyone has started the New Year well:j

    Hi All 5kwh today best so far. Where can I find the info on the free hot water?

    Pat
    :hello:
  • Oscargrouch
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    John_Pierpoint wrote: »
    Certainly the best day this year 8.85kWh :j Haven't beaten that since last year; 30th Nov = 8.88 kWh..:beer:
    Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery ?

    'Never look a gift horse in the mouth' ! Not implying that you look like a horse John...: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).
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