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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Some kind of mini water wheel in the gutter downpipes to generate electricity maybe?Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Solar PV 5.25kWp SW facing (14 x 375) installed Mar 22
Lux 3.6kw hybrid inverter and 9.6kw Pylontech batteries
Daikin 8kW ASHP installed Jan 25
Octopus Cosy/Fixed Outgoing2 -
0.95 O's here yesterday🤷🏻♂️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.3
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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.Alnat1 said:Some kind of mini water wheel in the gutter downpipes to generate electricity maybe?4.3kW PV, 3.6kW inverter. Octopus Agile import, gas Tracker. Zoe. Ripple x 3. Cheshire1 -
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 ).70sbudgie said:
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.Alnat1 said:Some kind of mini water wheel in the gutter downpipes to generate electricity maybe?
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.NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq54 -
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.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.5 -
105% for the first 9 days but that will drop to 100% today.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.4kWp (black/black) - Sofar Inverter - SSE(141°) - 30° pitch - North LincsInstalled June 2013 - PVGIS = 3400Sofar ME3000SP Inverter & 5 x Pylontech US2000B Plus & 3 x US2000C Batteries - 19.2kWh4 -
Nearly 4 hrs of actual generation today has so far produced 111.38 Wh
Best panel 17.75 Wh and worst 4.5 Wh3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds3 -
Any plans on how you’re going to spend the 2p.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
4kWp (black/black) - Sofar Inverter - SSE(141°) - 30° pitch - North LincsInstalled June 2013 - PVGIS = 3400Sofar ME3000SP Inverter & 5 x Pylontech US2000B Plus & 3 x US2000C Batteries - 19.2kWh3 -
Pretty grim here too, 0.083 O's, thank goodness wind is taking up the slack.
East coast, lat 51.97. 8.26kw SSE, 23° pitch + 0.59kw WSW vertical. Nissan Leaf plus Zappi charger and 2 x ASHP's. Givenergy 8.2 & 9.5 kWh batts, 2 x 3 kW ac inverters. Indra V2H . CoCharger Host, Interest in Ripple Energy & Abundance.4 -
Second zero of the month today
Correction: last one was 31 December so not quite!2kWp Solar PV - 10*200W Kioto, SMA Sunny Boy 2000HF, SSE facing, some shading in winter, 37° pitch, installed Jun-2011, inverter replaced Sep-2017 AND Feb-2022.3
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