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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Just a mere 5.39 O's here for the highest so far this year.Tomorrow's looking promising too.
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 -
Another glorious spring day here, 1.09 O's. 🙄
Finished the month at 104% of pvgis.
Looking much better over the next few days though.
Could be joining the Hawaii party soon. 🤞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 -
3.35 O's here today.
March total 286.6 kWh. 6th best out of 10😀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 -
A disappointing 4.68 O's here: March total 61.85 O's also disappointing as Leggo beat me
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 -
3.37 O's today bringing our March total to 79.8 O's or 90.46% compared to pvgis. Worst March and first quarter since installation in April 2018!
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 -
Quarterly FiT claim submitted and the results for the first quarter were:
January: 33.8% below PVGIS
February: 11.6 % below PVGIS
March: 0.7% below PVGIS
So, getting better! 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-2022.3 -
March closed on 97%, with a big E/W difference - ESE was 91% and WNW was 113%.
Generated 354kWh (63.44 O's).
Imported 156kWh.
Exported 166kWh.
Consumed 344kWh. [Also put about 50kWh in car at supercharger.]
Gas for Mch was ~715kWh.
Hopefully, almost all heating and BEV charging will be done off PV from this month now till Sept.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.5 -
ASavvyBuyer said:Update for February 2021.76.2% of PVGIS estimate for the month. (2nd worst February since installation)Used 99.6% of Solar PV generation.Average of 9.16p/kWh (inc VAT) for all imported electric on Octopus Go Faster tariff.70kWh of gas used, a 95.6% reduction compared with previous averages for February.Working out cheaper to heat by ASHP, than gas, by about £25 for the month, allowing for increased electricity consumption.Another TyphOOO + to finish the month.Update for March 2021.Achieved 94.2% of PVGIS estimate for the month. (3rd best March since installation)Used 97.9% of Solar PV generation.Average of 7.94p/kWh (inc VAT) for all imported electric on Octopus Go Faster tariff.ZERO gas used, a 100% reduction compared with previous averages for February. First March ever of no gas use!
Still working out cheaper to heat by ASHP, than gas, but by only about £15 this month, with the ASHP using more electric.However, EV's being used more than last March.5 -
Miserable day here on the E coast today 1.5 O's😡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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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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