Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

KevinG

Well, thankfully rubbish forecast for today, long may it continue! Sunny virtually all day, 10.38 kWh (5.19 O's)

John_Pierpoint

Well here we go; two weeks of generation


kWh Oscarz
03.51 0.97 25/03 Monday
07.96 2.21 26/03 Tuesday
07.47 2.08 27/03 Wednesday
10.15 2.82 28/03 Thursday
10.28 2.86 29/03 Friday
11.13 3.09 30/03 Saturday
11.59 3.22 31/03 Sunday < boot sale @ Boreham (Chelmsford)
08.31 2.31 01/04 Monday
21.79 6.05 02/04 Tuesday
03.70 1.03 03/04 Wednesday
02.30 0.63 04/04 Thursday < snow all day sliding off, making a big pile
08.42 2.34 05/04 Friday
17.47 4.85 06/04 Saturday
20.83 5.79 07/04 Sunday

An I the only one to notice that rank outsider Auroras Encore won the National, but only after the 2011 runner-up Oscar Time led the bunch until the final fence ?

[no I did not back it at 66 - 1 :mad::D]

EricMears

Oscargrouch wrote: »

My point exactly....i.e. stop blaming the messengers...

I'd hate anyone to think I'm blaming the weather forecasters for not providing enough sun :rotfl:

However, I do think it's quite fair to compare what they forecast with what actually happened. One way or another, we're paying them to produce these forecasts and I don't think we get very good value for our money.

All three sets were agreed that today would be dull & cloudy all day today. At 7am I was thinking "it's a miracle - they've got one right at last!".

Currently seeing watery sunshine and several patches of blue sky through other brealks in the clouds. Generating 750W - which isn't all that exciting but is at least more than we're using. Quietly confident that my 'E' value will be above 1 by end of day.

John_Pierpoint

Any one know if there is a web site that tracks the "jet stream" - the BBC showed it yesterday swooping South over the Mediterranean.

The misplaced jet stream got the blame for most of last summer for the wet weather - is this here we go again?

The BBC flashed it up over the weekend to explain that even this week the weather will not be back to average.

[What will it take for the doubters to agree that there is a man made climate change problem ? or am I displaying confirmation bias?]

[Deleted User]

John_Pierpoint wrote: »

Any one know if there is a web site that tracks the "jet stream" - the BBC showed it yesterday swooping South over the Mediterranean.

The misplaced jet stream got the blame for most of last summer for the wet weather - is this here we go again?

The BBC flashed it up over the weekend to explain that even this week the weather will not be back to average.

[What will it take for the doubters to agree that there is a man made climate change problem ? or am I displaying confirmation bias?]

Is this not all linked in with low sun spot activity?

InVestor_2

jeepjunkie wrote: »

Is this not all linked in with low sun spot activity?

I've read it's been linked to the Arctic's temperature rising much faster than elsewhere in the world, increasing at more than twice the global rate. Arctic Sea ice is down by some 40% in the last 2-4 decades.

There were calls for more research into it last year.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/07/science-behind-britain-coldest-easter

EricMears

We're beginning to drift off topic.

Post #1 included :-

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

this post on the bloated 'how do I make the most of it' thread prompted me to initiate a new one...

Originally Posted by old grouser
Hi Everyone,
I haven't been here for a while, and am interested to see discussion of how much is being generated, rather than what to do with it.

Perhaps it's worth seeking out one of the existing threads on global warming (or even starting a new one) rather than upset Kernel ?

EricMears

EricMears wrote: »

All three sets were agreed that today would be dull & cloudy all day today. At 7am I was thinking "it's a miracle - they've got one right at last!".

Metcheck have consistently told me I'd be getting 100% cloud cover all day. Met Office broadly agree (apart from not quoting %ge). BBC have at least had good grace to keep saying "this period - & only this period - might get a few glimpses of sun (but still forecasting that next period would be cloudy again).

The tried & tested "look out of window" method has shown approx 30% cloud cover on average with several very bright spells peaking at 2.5kW.

12.4 kWh by 4pm. Still generating >1kW. Expect to be going out for evening around end of generation time so probably won't report daily total tonight.

Stop Press: 14.7 kWh for day

But if this has been a 'grey day', I look forward to many more of them.

KevinG

Another day with far more sun than forecast, 6.32 kWh (3.16 O's). Forecast tomorrow is rain all day, we'll see.

tunnel

Happy with my 3.5 O's today, just hope whilst I was at work the wife took advantage. She did yesterday, I had a lie in, when I arose from my pit it turns out she'd been out to the garage, up the ladder into the loft and checked the generation to make sure it was ok to put the dishwasher on.
Looks like all my nagging is starting to pay off:D