Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

ggmf

1.6 O's   

Merlin139

Poor morning with the bulk of production coming after midday.

Healthy 2.33 O's

Up to 94.9% of January PVGIS

Up to 81.2% of my January Average over 7 years.

legoman62

Still creeping up! 1.45 O's here today

QrizB

Some sunshine here but it clouded over by noon and I missed the best part of the day

2.62kWh, 0.96 O's.

Could have been worse!

Oscargrouch

Grotty day here 1.12 O's.   

QrizB

jimjames said on 19th Nov 2021:

It's exactly 10 years since our 3kWp (14 x 215W) solar panels were commissioned in Nov 2011 ...

Today it's my turn. It's ten years to the day since my 11 x 247W panels were commissioned and added their first watt-hours to the grid.

In ten years we've generated 25730kWh, an average of 2573kWh or 947 O's per year (947Wh per year per W of panel, if you prefer). The installer's prediction was 2415 and PVGIS says 2492 so we've beaten those numbers by 6.5% and 3.3% respectively.

Samsung's panel warranty was 90% of rated output at 10 years and 80% at 25 years. My records are patchy but there's no glaringly-obvious evidence of the system being less effective today than it was when it was installed in 2012.

I'm still on my original inverter and I think I've washed them down once or twice in the decade. No other maintenance or expenses.

Talking of expenses, the original install cost around £8500, a little over £3/watt. At the time that was a good price. We caught the last of the 40p FITs and broke even in cash terms in the summer of 2018.

I'm looking forward to the next decade!

Spies

1.86 O's (8kWh) - best to date!

Now up to 56.83kWh for this month, 74.4kWh is the target so could do with another stonking day like today.

apennysaved_4

Another day with unexpected outbreaks of sunshine. 1.9 Os.

Laycity

Exactly a double O for me. 😀,  best day since 21st November. 

Coastalwatch

1.4 O's here today, so another good day being above average.