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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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0.65 O's here today🙂
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.5 -
Beat us, 0.64 O's.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.4
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Going backwards here, 0.09 O's.Scott in Fife, 2.9kwp pv SSW facing, 2.7kw Fronius inverter installed Jan 2012 - 14.3kwh Seplos Mason battery storage with Lux ac controller - Renault Zoe 40kwh, Corsa-e 50kwh, Zappi EV charger and Octopus Go5
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Better day today, 0.31 O5
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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).5 -
Oscargrouch said: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.4
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Haven't posted on here for ages, mainly due to my routine being changed by working from home meaning I forget to look at the numbers. I've done my 2020 figures:
6157 kWh home usage
5408 kWh solar PV (106% PVGIS)
1916 kWh from powerwall to home
2323 kWh from grid to home
1242 kWh exported to grid
(and by subtraction, 1918 kWh of the solar directly powered the home)
So I've saved £575 on my electric bill and earned £355 in FIT + export, which gives approx 13 years payback period for solar + powerwall.
When I can get a smart meter and use the Octopus Go tariff to charge up the powerwall overnight from October to March I'll be able to save perhaps £100-150/year more.
From April on my home usage has been around 20% higher due to WFH and most of that extra is during the hours of sunlight, so it has an overall positive effect on the savings and payback period.
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 20234 -
That's more like it, 1.8 O's today.Scott in Fife, 2.9kwp pv SSW facing, 2.7kw Fronius inverter installed Jan 2012 - 14.3kwh Seplos Mason battery storage with Lux ac controller - Renault Zoe 40kwh, Corsa-e 50kwh, Zappi EV charger and Octopus Go4
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Yep, a better than forecast of 1.35 O's here today.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.5
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New best day...just. 1.275 O's here today👏😁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.5
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