Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

Martyn1981

February results.

Awful month with 75% of target. Large spread, with 71% for the ESE and 83% for the WNW. 

Generated 122.2kWh (34.13 O's).
Imported 434kWh.
Exported 52kWh.
Total consumption 504kWh. 
Gas was ~1,045kWh. [GCH, DHW & oven.]

Consumption still down to a more reasonable level. All BEV charging was done overnight.  A2A units used a lot, when PV sufficient, and overnight on cheap rate. GCH is on.

2nd worst Feb result, only beating 2017 by 1kWh. 

Merlin139

JimLad said:

Just submitted my solar reading for the FIT and added it to my spreadsheet where I log it.

359 kwh for December 2023 to February 2024. This was my lowest generation quarter since I had my panels installed in 2014. The nearest being 395kwh for the same quarter in 20/21.

Anyone else seen similar? Was the weather just awful the past 3 months?

This was my worst at 402.38 kWh. (99.92% of PVGIS)

Closest to it was 419.26 kWh in 16/17

Best was 573.93 kWh in 18/19

Mean average in 10 years is 488.25 kWh (121.24% of PVGIS)

Martyn1981

JimLad said:

Anyone else seen similar? Was the weather just awful the past 3 months?

Hi. Tried this earlier, but it wasn't available, so must be hot of the press:




Also winter 2024 wasn't available, but ..... now that it is, so I assume winter is Dec to Feb for their purposes:




And to confirm I'm not going mad, as the field I like to take doggo for a walk is borderline flooded, here's the rain for Feb, so more than 100% over for Cardiff, and doggo's wet paws:

Magnitio

Last couple of days were 0.86 and 0.62 O's, ending the month at only 92% of PVGIS despite the extra day. Today was a much better 1.47 O's with some sunny spells amongst the torrential rain.

legoman62

Icy morning with rain and little Sun
Dark at 15.00…….and then Sun popped out.
0.85 O’s👏

Merlin139

Dull and wet.

0.84 O's

pete-20-11

1.60 Os here. Better than expected given the rain. 

Alnat1

1.16 O's could do better.

Oscarmax

Martyn1981 said:

February results.

Awful month with 75% of target. Large spread, with 71% for the ESE and 83% for the WNW. 

Generated 122.2kWh (34.13 O's).
Imported 434kWh.
Exported 52kWh.
Total consumption 504kWh. 
Gas was ~1,045kWh. [GCH, DHW & oven.]

Consumption still down to a more reasonable level. All BEV charging was done overnight.  A2A units used a lot, when PV sufficient, and overnight on cheap rate. GCH is on.

2nd worst Feb result, only beating 2017 by 1kWh. 

Generated 137kWh
Imported 318.48kWh ( including charging PHEV)
Exported 91.92kWh
Gas 1310.0kWh (good job we are on tracker)

pete-20-11

0.56 Os today. Fingers crossed sunny tomorrow! (And no snow!!)