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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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4.06 O's PV today, 6th consecutive increase making an average day. Wind yesterday 0.26 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.6 -
4.9 O’s / oooohhhh so closeSolar install Aug 2021, Lancashire
4.74kW array, 4.6kW Solis inverter. SSW roof. 21° pitch. No shading. Pigeon Proofed.
12 x 395W Jinko Tiger panels
Powerwall install Nov 21
Octopus Go Faster tariff - 3 hours @ 4.5p/kW 20:30-23:30 and 15.78p/kW peak rate3 -
Last 2 days each 21 kWh will need to soak up some energy .... sooner or later with a Cunning Plan before the end of Summer.
So will the Summer months give better production, new to all this, install middle last September 2021
Can One get Excited.... lol3 -
3.375 O's here today16 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.6
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3.98 for me today5.2kW (13 x Hyundai 400w), SSE, Central Bedfordshire. Panels installed Dec 2021. Hyundia e-Kona.4
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MikeHEQA saidSo will the Summer months give better production, new to all this, install middle last September 2021Can One get Excited... lolYes, you're allowed to get excitedYou've just had your first two winter quarters (September to December, January to March) and you're about to have two summer quarters.I find the summer quarters give a bit more than double the generation that the winter ones do.Edit: Got the figures here. PVGIS suggests, in round numbers, 770kWh (280 O's) vs. 1720kWh (630 O's) for winter 6 vs summer 6.N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill member.
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.Not exactly back from my break, but dipping in and out of the forum.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!7 -
Missed a few days:
7th - 1.9
8th - 3.8
9th - 3.4
PVGIS pro rata target is at 70% so need a few Typhoo's (or better) to catch up.4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.5 -
Been away for a few days as it was Grandsons 4th birthday.
Friday 4.57 O's
Saturday 4.32 O's
Today looks similar.
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds6 -
5.5 O's today, about time! And 0.41 O's wind.
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.8 -
300W short of a Hawaii.
Currently in Gran Canaria. It's amazing how little solar you see on the villas here.Central Beds, 2.02kWp (9 x 225W) south facing with some morning shade, installed 2011 (£7.16/Wp). Tigo monitoring/optimisers on all panels, Growatt MIC 2000 TL-X Inverter and Solar iBoost installed 2022. (4 x 415W + 6 x 405W garden experiment connected to SunSynk 3.6 hybrid inverter & 2 x 5.3kWh SynSynk batteries) (4 x 405W panels queued to go somewhere)4
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