Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

ggmf

Whilst I was not around yesterday, the family were able to make use of the excellent generation - 0.1 & 0.004 O's 

Martyn1981

Coastalwatch said:

Consumption yr to date 10206 kWh's.

PV generation                  8677 kWh's

PV Consumed                 6098

WT1 gen                          2379

Adding PV consumed to WT1 gen = 8477 kWh's so shy of what we've consumed to date and having to import more than we'd like. We could really do with another 1729 kWh's of generation to make up the difference!

With Covid restrictions having eased then EV consumption has been higher than in the past years, 8k plus this year compared to 6k ish previously. Then there's our neighbour, with a hybrid, who has been charging with us via the Co Charger App so a few more kWh's there.

Afraid there's little I can do about it for this year or for most of next come to that matter. However, if all goes according to plan then WT2 should commence generating by late '23 so with a bit of luck will make up any shortfall from then on.

Our share of WT1 generation for November was the highest so far at 436 kWh's or 127% of an average month.

Flipping eck CW, that's impressive. So even with your PV being down for 6 weeks(?) and your neighbour charging his EV, you're net positive?

And that's a whole house situation yes(?) leccy, DHW, heating and transport.

So, deducting the neighbour (I think that's fine), a fully working PV system, and the extra batts you've added, isn't there a reasonable chance of you getting close to neutral (even after deducting export) even without WT2?

I've confused myself, that was badly written. Start again, so basically, is there a chance, without WT2, that PV consumed + WT1 could equal household consumption?

ggmf

Stunning day, doubled the generation from yesterday, ok, ok, truth is it's been bleeding awful! 0.1 & 0.043 O's!

legoman62

0.3 O's here today......again!😫

Spies

A fairly uneventful 0.5

Coastalwatch

Apart from down time today has got to be the worst day since install, 112 W's from an 8.85 kWp system so 0.012 O's.

Martyn1981 said:

Coastalwatch said:

Consumption yr to date 10206 kWh's.

PV generation                  8677 kWh's

PV Consumed                 6098

WT1 gen                          2379

Adding PV consumed to WT1 gen = 8477 kWh's so shy of what we've consumed to date and having to import more than we'd like. We could really do with another 1729 kWh's of generation to make up the difference!

With Covid restrictions having eased then EV consumption has been higher than in the past years, 8k plus this year compared to 6k ish previously. Then there's our neighbour, with a hybrid, who has been charging with us via the Co Charger App so a few more kWh's there.

Afraid there's little I can do about it for this year or for most of next come to that matter. However, if all goes according to plan then WT2 should commence generating by late '23 so with a bit of luck will make up any shortfall from then on.

Our share of WT1 generation for November was the highest so far at 436 kWh's or 127% of an average month.

Flipping eck CW, that's impressive. So even with your PV being down for 6 weeks(?) and your neighbour charging his EV, you're net positive?

And that's a whole house situation yes(?) leccy, DHW, heating and transport.

So, deducting the neighbour (I think that's fine), a fully working PV system, and the extra batts you've added, isn't there a reasonable chance of you getting close to neutral (even after deducting export) even without WT2?

I've confused myself, that was badly written. Start again, so basically, is there a chance, without WT2, that PV consumed + WT1 could equal household consumption?

Hi Mart until your post I felt we were well shy of self sufficiency with regard to energy generation but checking back on 6 weeks missed generation in Sept/Oct would have cost us circa 900kWh's in an average year so then adding subtracting our neighbours EV to the mix brings it all very close, if still a little shy. But you are right otherwise in that it covers DHW, Heating and transport with no fossil fuels being cremated to assist in any way.

From the onset of the PV and EV purchases our goal, for environmental purposes, has been to try to become as independent as we can with our energy needs. PV provides the bulk of it but it wasn't until Ripple came along and the price of storage batteries came down that we saw the opportunity to hopefully make it all a reality.

Admittedly not quite a full year with WT1(March) or storage batteries(Feb) so next year should give us a clearer picture of where we stand.

Of course we shall still require connection to the Grid for renewable inconsistencies and transmission for WT1 output so no intention of attempting to go off grid or anything brave like that. Just doing all we can to keep our carbon emissions to a minimum.

Alnat1

0.1 O's here and hubby announced he wanted a Sunday Roast. I've decided I will try and stop being the "Energy Police" for the month of December, so I just smiled and said it was a good idea.

The lamb was a lovely treat 

Merlin139

Another dull day here.

0.385 O's

Magnitio

An all-time low yesterday at 0.1 O's.

Chris_Type_R

Day 5 of the month, and at 0.9 O's so far. 0.24 O's today. 

Hoping for a break in the cloud Wednesday.