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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Really messy weather here for the past week. Loads of clouds and fluctuating generation.
Now projecting 110% for July, but a really big E/W split with sunnier afternoons: ESE 106% & WNW 117%.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.4 -
An utterly woeful 0.94.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.3
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4.3 & 2.2 O's2 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.3
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4.9 today, managed some good export too,4.3kwp JA panels, Huawei 3.68kw Hybrid inverter, Huawei 10kw Lunar 2000 battery, Myenergi eddi, South facing array with a 15 degree roof pitch, winter shade.3
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Down Down Deeper & Down 3.04 O's today2.5 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 -
10.1kWh 1.9 O's Where did the sun go?Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Solar PV 5.25kWp SW facing (14 x 375) Lux 3.6kw hybrid inverter installed Mar 22 and 9.6kw Pylontech battery
Daikin 8kW ASHP installed Jan 25
Octopus Cosy/Fixed Outgoing3 -
Today was very much like yesterday.7.55kWh, 2.78 O'sI have just passed the PVGIS estimate for the month, so whatever I generate in the next three days is a bonus.And the weather forecast for the next couple of days is looking up!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!5 -
Very grey and dull here - 1.1 O’sSolar 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 -
Another poor day here in Bath, 10.0 kWh, 2.08 O's.Solar install June 2022, Bath
4.8 kW array, Growatt SPH5000 inverter, 1x Seplos Mason 280L V3 battery 15.2 kWh.
SSW roof. ~22° pitch, BISF house. 12 x 400W Hyundai panels3 -
Another fairly average 3.63 O's. Somehow felt a much better day than that. Will exceed PVGIS estimate for July sometime today.
6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.3
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