Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

Alnat1

Some kind of mini water wheel in the gutter downpipes to generate electricity maybe? 

legoman62

0.95 O's here yesterday🤷🏻‍♂️

70sbudgie

Alnat1 said:

Some kind of mini water wheel in the gutter downpipes to generate electricity maybe? 

I like that idea. I might have to do some research into how small water wheels can go! (From what I've previously read, I think even electrically small ones are physically quite big.

EricMears

70sbudgie said:

Alnat1 said:

Some kind of mini water wheel in the gutter downpipes to generate electricity maybe? 

I like that idea. I might have to do some research into how small water wheels can go! (From what I've previously read, I think even electrically small ones are physically quite big.

A roof area of 100 sq metres is well above average and typical rainfall in most of UK is less than 1 metre.  Absolute maximum amount of rain you might expect to fall on a single roof is therefore100 cu metres / year.  Ten metres is rather higher than most gutters.  Hence a generous estimate of the potential energy of a year's worth of rain dropping from gutter to ground level would be 1000 metre-tonnes  (or 1 000 000 meter kilogram-force ).  

An online energy conversion  webpage I found at https://www.onlineconversion.com/energy.htm  suggests that might yield 2.7kWh of generation (if you could find a 100% efficient turbine !) worth perhaps £1 per year.

Martyn1981

The weather has been so bad with rain, rain (and rain), so far in Jan, that I expected awful results, but forgot just how poor E/W panels are at this time ..... so 9 days in, a remarkable 101% projection for the month.

1961Nick

Martyn1981 said:

The weather has been so bad with rain, rain (and rain), so far in Jan, that I expected awful results, but forgot just how poor E/W panels are at this time ..... so 9 days in, a remarkable 101% projection for the month.

105% for the first 9 days but that will drop to 100% today.

Merlin139

Nearly 4 hrs of actual generation today has so far produced 111.38 Wh

Best panel 17.75 Wh and worst 4.5 Wh

1961Nick

Merlin139 said:

Nearly 4 hrs of actual generation today has so far produced 111.38 Wh

Best panel 17.75 Wh and worst 4.5 Wh

Any plans on how you’re going to spend the 2p.

Coastalwatch

Pretty grim here too, 0.083 O's, thank goodness wind is taking up the slack.

KevinG

Second zero of the month today
Correction: last one was 31 December so not quite!