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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,009 Forumite
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    Up and down day here today Lots of rain..and Sunshine:D

    Made 4.15 O's:T
    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.
  • JKenH
    JKenH Posts: 5,141 Forumite
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    Home now. I have averaged 25.9 kwh or 3.32 Os for the first 9 days of the month with a high of approx 32 kWh and a low of about 20 kwh based on inverter readings which can be up to a kwh out. Not worked out last months figures yet.

    Surprisingly, (as I check PV at least hourly when at home) I have hardly bothered looking at the inverter app on my phone while away. Can I keep that up? As we had no tv reception where we were staying I spent an inordinate amount of time on the MSE forum. In fact I ran out of mobile data allowance and had to resort to using the hotspot on my wife’s phone.
    Northern Lincolnshire. 7.8 kWp system, (4.2 kw west facing panels , 3.6 kw east facing), Solis inverters, Solar IBoost water heater, Mitsubishi SRK35ZS-S and SRK20ZS-S Wall Mounted Inverter Heat Pumps, ex Nissan Leaf owner)
  • Coastalwatch
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    If the solar panels had been wind generators instead I'd be reporting a Maiden at least! I'm sure As it is a moderate 3.22 O's has been returned.
    East coast, lat 51.97. 8.26kw SSE, 23° pitch + 0.59kw WSW vertical. Nissan Leaf plus Zappi charger and 2 x ASHP's. Givenergy 8.2 & 9.5 kWh batts, 2 x 3 kW ac inverters. Indra V2H . CoCharger Host, Interest in Ripple Energy & Abundance.
  • Oscargrouch
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    Coastalwatch wrote: »
    If the solar panels had been wind generators instead I'd be reporting a Maiden at least! I'm sure As it is a moderate 3.22 O's has been returned.
    We can all wish..:rotfl::rotfl: A slightly better moderate of 4.56 O's here...:)...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).
  • legoman62
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    3.65 O's here today.....just:rotfl:
    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.
  • JKenH
    JKenH Posts: 5,141 Forumite
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    2.97 Os
    Northern Lincolnshire. 7.8 kWp system, (4.2 kw west facing panels , 3.6 kw east facing), Solis inverters, Solar IBoost water heater, Mitsubishi SRK35ZS-S and SRK20ZS-S Wall Mounted Inverter Heat Pumps, ex Nissan Leaf owner)
  • Martyn1981
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    Projecting 104% for the month currently, and just passed the 8th birthday of the ESE system.

    Would be getting close to payback too had I not 'done' a Solaredge upgrade. Quite remarkable given I originally estimated 12+yrs for breakeven based on the highly pessimistic SAP generation figures, shading losses, panel degradation, and inverter life expectancies that were all 'known' or assumed at the time.

    Even the WNW is looking more like 15yrs, v's the 22yrs I originally estimated.

    [Note - Calcs exclude financing/opportunity costs, but also leccy savings in the hope they roughly balance out. M.]
    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.
  • Oscargrouch
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    Not too good at 3.24 O's today..:(...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).
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,009 Forumite
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    edited 12 August 2019 at 8:57PM
    4.325 O's here today..no sign of a/an Hawaii:eek:
    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.
  • JKenH
    JKenH Posts: 5,141 Forumite
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    3.09 today.
    Northern Lincolnshire. 7.8 kWp system, (4.2 kw west facing panels , 3.6 kw east facing), Solis inverters, Solar IBoost water heater, Mitsubishi SRK35ZS-S and SRK20ZS-S Wall Mounted Inverter Heat Pumps, ex Nissan Leaf owner)
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