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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,088 Forumite
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    I've had several visits from Scottish Power (or their agents) to read my generation meter.
    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.
  • jackieblack
    jackieblack Posts: 10,501 Forumite
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    I'm starting to feel a bit neglected now! :D
    2.22kWp Solar PV system installed Oct 2010, Fronius IG20 Inverter, south facing (-5 deg), 30 degree pitch, no shading
    Everything will be alright in the end so, if it’s not yet alright, it means it’s not yet the end
    MFW #4 OPs: 2018 £866.89, 2019 £1322.33, 2020 £1337.07
    2021 £1250.00, 2022 £1500.00, 2023 £1500, 2024 £1350
    2025 target = £1200, YTD £9190
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  • zeupater
    zeupater Posts: 5,390 Forumite
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    jackieblack wrote: »
    I'm starting to feel a bit neglected now! :D
    ... Don't worry, you'll get over it !! .... anyway, when it comes down to it I wish the meter reader had turned uop either a few minutes earlier or later as I was making a roux at the time and it went really lumpy .... took ages to put right when he'd gone ....

    Z
    "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle
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  • John_Pierpoint
    John_Pierpoint Posts: 8,401 Forumite
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    When I had a punch up with BG over the "as at death" reading of the meter at a tenanted property [BG had got behind with their guestimates] one of the mantras parroted by the muppet at the call centre was "We are statutorily required to read the meter only every two years". Perhaps the same applies to generation meters.
  • EricMears
    EricMears Posts: 3,309 Forumite
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    I've never had anybody call to inspect my TGM meter. Just a month short of second anniversary so if the 2 year rule is right I can expect somebody any day now. I suspect however that rule only applies to consumption meters.
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    EricMears wrote: »
    I've never had anybody call to inspect my TGM meter. Just a month short of second anniversary so if the 2 year rule is right I can expect somebody any day now. I suspect however that rule only applies to consumption meters.

    I know where you live Eric, if they did eventually find you it'd be another 2 years before anyone saw them again:rotfl: ...if you go down in the woods today.....:D
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • EricMears
    EricMears Posts: 3,309 Forumite
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    tunnel wrote: »
    I know where you live Eric, if they did eventually find you it'd be another 2 years before anyone saw them again:rotfl: ...if you go down in the woods today.....:D

    Of course, it could well be that the meter reader who was supposed to visit immediately after commissioning is still looking for us ?
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • EricMears
    EricMears Posts: 3,309 Forumite
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    Generation for day nearly done (still chucking out 80W). 25.3kWh on day.

    So far this month we've generated 77% of pvgis forecast for whole month.. Unlikely second half of month will be quite as good as first but if it were that's around 50% over pvgis.
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    Another 23.5kWh in the bag for me, loads used on the aircon(again). Don't shoot me down in flames but the wifes bought 10kWh from the grid today(not got a clue how?) I do still have the aircon on now but see that as a small price to pay for a good nights sleep:D

    Luckily my £11 generation outweighs the £1.20 we've bought:cool:
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    6.64 O's today, supposed to be better the Morrow....:rotfl:

    Have been charged for 55 kWh in last 16 days, bargain.
    Currently saving 61.42% on Leccy charges....smiley-laughing021.gif
    2.5 kWp PV system, SSW facing, 45 Deg Roof. ABB Inverter, Monitor: 'Wattson'.
    Reg. for FIT Nov 2011. "It's not what you generate; it's how you use it that matters". One very clean Vauxhall Diesel Sri, £30.00 Road Tax: B)

    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).
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