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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • onomatopoeia99
    onomatopoeia99 Posts: 7,190 Forumite
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    I've only had my panels 14 months but unsurprisingly, have had my best ever month by a very long way.
    Generated 890 kWh, which is 171.1 O, or an average of 5.52 O / day.  That's 140% of PVGIS for the month.
    Used 532 kWh of which 29 kWh came from the grid. 
    I haven't been posting daily updates, but finished the month with a week of maidens and the best day this month was the 14th, with 6.82 O.  Didn't beat the record of just over 7 O from last May.
     
    Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 2023
  • pinnks
    pinnks Posts: 1,569 Forumite
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    Sorry to disappoint but it's a no from me.  790.5 kWh - 40% above May expectation and 10% higher than previous best month which was July 2018.  Still managed to "limit" export to 35%.  Mainly down to the cold start to the month meaning that UFH and oil-filled radiator were keeping us warm with the GCH turned off.  

    On the down side, our 1000 litres of rainwater storage is half empty, so we could do with some of the wet stuff and that unfortunately means cloud but hey ho...
  • Screwdriva
    Screwdriva Posts: 1,569 Forumite
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    6.63 O's today to wrap up May 2020. Total generation for the month is 680 kWh. 
    -  10 x 400w LG Bifacial + 6 x 550W SHARP BiFacial + 2 570W SHARP Bifacial + 5kW SolarEdge Inverter + SolarEdge Optimizers. SE London.

    -  Triple aspect. (33% ENE.33% SSE. 34% WSW)

    -  Viessmann 200-W on Advanced Weather Comp. (The most efficient gas boiler sold)

    Feel free to DM me for help with any form of energy saving! Happy to help! 
  • Coastalwatch
    Coastalwatch Posts: 3,652 Forumite
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    6.47 O's to finish the month beating the previous best July 2018 by 1 kWh, 25% up on pvgis.
    So, just a blip or an indication of what May lay ahead. :*
    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.
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