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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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0.77 Os to finish a gloomy month.6
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End of Oct 0.65 O’s , 80% of PVGIS pathetic , each of last 3 years getting worse

4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy5 -
Ended the month dull and dark.
0.64 O's
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds6 -
0.98 O's today so finishing the month with 54 O's or 89% 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.7
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0.79 O’s today
Worst October since install - 172.1 KWh - only 34 O’s
horrid 63% PVGIS for October.
This is the 1st year we haven’t hit annual PVGIS by end of October. We aren’t far off though mind. I reckon we will get there even if November and December are as bad/worse than usual.
Lancashire
PV 5.04kWp SW facing
Solar Battery 6.5 kWh
🐙 Intelligent Go
Mortgage freedom January 2024 - paid off 7 years early by making overpayments where we could.7 -
39.8 Os for me this monthPPI success. Banding success. Double Dip PCN cancelled! South facing solar (Midlands) and battery. Savings Session supporter (is it worth it now!?)7
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October results.
Terrible month with 69% of target. Huge spread, with 64% for the ESE/SSW* and 95% for the WNW. Year end projection ~98% of target.
[*2.1kWp SSW ground mount is steep pitched for winter, and sits between a large tree to the SE and the house to the SW, so will incurr some shading throughout Apr-Sep.]
Generated 285kWh (32.66 O's).
Imported 747kWh.
Exported 199kWh.
Total consumption 833kWh.
Gas was ~14kWh. [DHW & oven.]
Combi boiler removed end of Sep, and leccy oven installed mid Oct. Appointment set for mid Nov to have gas meter removed, and supply capped, then gas SC will end. Brave new world.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.6 -
0.82 O's to finish the monthWe are 91% of PVGIS with generation of 52.9 O's for the month.Our green credentials: 12kW Samsung ASHP for heating, 7.2kWp Solar (South facing), Tesla Powerwall 3 (13.5kWh), Net exporter5
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0.4 O's for the final day of October.
208.7kWh generated, PVGIS is 234kWh, so 89% for the monthBarnsley, 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 Outgoing6 -
Ended the month on 236.1 kWh or 59.5 O's
7th out of 12 and 102% of Estimate.
Exported 75 kWh
Diverted 64.5 kWh to I Boost.
Billed 155 kWh Electric 287 kWh Gas3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds6
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