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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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I've created a monster! Popped to my sister's house/small holding on the weekend and was chatting about PV. They had a system fitted in the Autumn last year. I explained the story of the 'Oscars', and the nicknames. And how I'd got a Maiden, which some years doesn't happen, because of the cold north wind we're getting.
Got home and she texted me that on 28/5 they'd got a Heaven with 74.7kWh (7.25 O's).
Told her I didn't want to play anymore.
Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 28kWh 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.9 -
A wet day today to bring the month to a close - an average of 4.12 O's for May.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)5
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May total- 645 kW produced, 114% of PVGIS. An average of 4 Os per day. I'd say that's pretty good!5.2kW (13 x Hyundai 400w), SSE, Central Bedfordshire. Panels installed Dec 2021. Hyundia e-Kona.3
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The end of another month, and a better-than-average day despite some quite heavy showers.11.14kWh, 4.10 O's
Totals for May: 335kWh generated (123.3 O's, 111% of PVGIS), 106kWh imported, 171kWh exported. Plus 20m3 of gas (vs. about 56m3 for May 2021).
N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.4 -
another mediocre day, 4.6 and 2.5, ending the month 28kWh short of PVGIS2 Separate arrays, 7 x JASolar 380w panels (2.66kWp) south facing, 4 x JASolar 380w panels (1.52kWp) east facing, 11 x Tigo optimizers & cloud, Growatt SPH5000, Growatt 6.5kWh Hybrid battery (Go-live 01/12/21) - Additional reporting via Solar Assistant.2
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Went to *at *hit today with only 4.72 O's
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).4 -
Out with a whimper 2.5 O's
Total for the month 396.1kWh
83% of PVGIS
4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.3 -
Cold with rain here today. 2.55O'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.4
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Ending the month with 4.16 O’s.Totals for May:
PV generated 560Kw, average 3.81 O’s per day. 98% of PVGI target.
Imported 41kWh
Exported 130 kWh3 -
May results.
Managed all the heating with the A/C unit, mostly PV.
Average month with 100% of target. Small spread, with 97% for the ESE and 106% for the WNW.
Generated 631kWh (113.08 O's).
Imported 165kWh.
Exported 324kWh.
Consumed 472kWh.
Gas was ~66kWh.
Getting better but import and export still high. Lots of BEV driving by Wifey due to family illness so some charging on E7 night rate, but mostly on PV now. Very little heatpump use and all PV, no GCH, which knocked down gas consumption.
Looks like annual leccy consumption will be around 6,000kWh, up from ~3,000kWh prior to BEV's and small heatpumps.
Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 28kWh 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.4
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