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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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2.28 O's today so finishing the month on a high with 37 O's and 13% up on PVGIS. Fourth best October in 8, so about average then.
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 -
Pleasant, rather than outright sunny yielded 1.18 O. Onward and upward!5
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.0.89 O’s today
92% PVGIS for November - pretty happy with that. It’s actually been our best November since install. October was our worst.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.6 -
8.1kWh, 2.98 Os
Here's my generation curve. Can you spot where the sun drops below the evergreens?
They're not my evergreens; I'd have lopped them by now!N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.6 -
A decent 1.69 O's to end the month at 111.2% of PVGIS. Have also just exceeded PVGIS for the year with one month to go (albeit the worst month).6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.5
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Ended the month on 30.7 O's
78.9 % of PVGIS. 3rd out of 12
115.5 % of PVGIS for 11 months of the year and 112.1% of PVGIS for the whole year.3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds4 -
November esults.
Terrible month with 70% of target. Big spread, with 69% for the ESE/SSW* and 81% for the WNW. Year end projection ~97% 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 172kWh (19.71 O's).
Imported 772kWh. [All cheap rate apart from 15.8kWh]
Exported 32kWh.
Total consumption 912kWh.
Gas was zero for the first time
Gas supply was capped on 11th Nov.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 -
Not the greatest November, not the worst, at 17.4% below PVGIS. Better than last year anyway (which was my second worst ever).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-2022.5
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37.222 Os for me last month.
Doesn't sound too bad I guess. Average of 1.24 Os a day.PPI success. Banding success. Double Dip PCN cancelled! South facing solar (Midlands) and battery. Savings Session supporter (is it worth it now!?)7 -
The going is heavy start to December - 0.01 O’sLancashire
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
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