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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Last two days of April were 5.29 and 3.87 O's. Only managed 92% of PVGIS estimate for the month, compared with last year's 108%. I am hoping May will be better, but the forecast for the next week isn't great.On the bright side, changing to Octopus Flux has made a significant difference to the income from excess energy.6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.3
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3.45 O’s here yesterday……he thinks!🤔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.4
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93% of PVGIS for us for April. 9kWh less than April 2022. A higher number in monetary terms due to the RPI linked increase in FIT.Central Beds, 2.02kWp (9 x 225W) south facing with some morning shade, installed 2011 (£7.16/Wp). Tigo monitoring/optimisers on all panels, Growatt MIC 2000 TL-X Inverter and Solar iBoost installed 2022. (4 x 415W + 6 x 405W garden experiment connected to SunSynk 3.6 hybrid inverter & 2 x 5.3kWh SynSynk batteries) (4 x 405W panels queued to go somewhere)3
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Finished up the month with a nice 5.4 O Hawaii taking generation to 96.4% of pvgis.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.5
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April results.
Poor month with 94% of target. Small spread, with 96% for the ESE and 91% for the WNW.
Generated 489kWh (87.67 O's).
Imported 342kWh.
Exported 221kWh.
Consumed 610kWh.
Gas was ~176kWh.
Very high consumption, due to a lot of BEV charging (probably more than 50% night rate, less than 50% PV). Hopefully gen will now be high enough to allow mostly PV charging. A2A units used most days with spare PV, only a small amount from import. GCH not used, so thanks to the A2A units as it seemed like a cold April, with more heating than expected.
Shame about the export, probbaly enough to have covered all import for BEV charging and A2A units, but batts still some time away as the market is so messy.
Hit the 50MWh lifetime milestone on the 2nd April. PV really is incredible.
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.5 -
Ended the month on 441.6 kWh or 111.1 O's
107% of PVGIS (127.3% in 2022)
Only ranks 2nd of 9 for April. Best being 2021 with 571 kWh
My mean average for April over 9 years is 487 kWh
240 kWh behind last year at this point.
Paid for 106 kWh of Electricity.
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds4 -
4.64 O's to start a new month with, so ahead of pvgis for now at least.
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.3 -
3.025 O’s here today.
393.6kWh for April.
Best April 511kWh 2021.
Worst April 311kWh 2018.16 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.4 -
19.2kWh today, exactly what PVGIS says is my daily average. 3.66 O'sBarnsley, 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 Outgoing2 -
3.3 & 1.955 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.2
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