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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Sunniest day of the year. 25.64 kWh
Maiden + 0.45 O's (First maiden of the year)
96.3% of PVGIS for the month.
9th worst April out of 10
96.64% of PVGIS for Jan to Apr3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds4 -
A nice 5.90 Os to end the month (after a recent mix of poor and okay-ish days).
92 Os for the month and 85.2% of PVGIS.
Gas & elec bill for the month circa £5 (including SC) due to all the export.
Net export of 150 kWh.
PPI success. Banding success. Double Dip PCN cancelled! South facing solar (Midlands) and battery. Savings Session supporter (is it worth it now!?)4 -
so close...
29/04/24 - 6.5 & 3.23 O's
30/04/24 - 6.9 & 3.26 O's
Finish the month on 87% PVGIS2 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.3 -
5.77 O's to finish off the month, 89.2% of PVGIS for April.Barnsley, 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 Outgoing5 -
4.775 O’s here today. 93.45 O’s for the month.4th worst April from 13.
Worst April 2018 was 77.75 O’s
Best April 2021 was 127.75 O’s…..how did I do that?🤔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.5 -
Non-stop sunshine yesterday and 6.39 O's to finish the month at 91% of PVGIS.
6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.4 -
Finished the month with the first maiden of the year at 6.07 Os but a poor month overall at only 87.8% of PVGIS.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-2022.4
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April results.
Awful month with 80% of target. Small spread, with 78% for the ESE and 83% for the WNW.
Generated 412.7kWh (73.96 O's).
Imported 319kWh.
Exported 242kWh.
Total consumption 490kWh.
Gas was ~99kWh. [DHW & oven, no GCH in Apr.]
Consumption reasonable (at last), with some A2A used during cheap rate at night, probably accounts for ~50kWh. All BEV charging was done overnight. A2A units used during the day, when PV sufficient, but that was not often, nor for long. GCH is off.
Worst Apr result, sneaking under 2018 by 5kWh.
Currently projecting 95% for the year, which would 'beat' our worst year 2017 which was 99%.
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 -
2.8 O's for yesterday taking us back to 82% pvgis for April the lowest since install six years ago. The first four months returning 92% pvgis, while Jan was great, 139%, Feb 101%, Mar 88%.On the plus side May has got off to a cracker, so hoping it stops the advance of this years declining trend. Not that I'd mind a repeat of the same next year if it meant Jan returning 139% again.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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Good start to May. 4.65 O’s 👏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.5
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