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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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So that's March and a rather better month than of late.
Total: 198.55 kWh, 25% above SAF PVGIS (49% above classic)
2013: 105.16 kWh
2012: 203.03 kWh
Best day: 16th, 10.95 kWh
Worst day: 25th, 1.56 kWh
Today was particularly disappointing, the forecast was sunny all day, which did not change throughout the day, but it was cloudy all day with not a bit of unbroken sunshine that I noticed.
Did yer notice what yer did today, as a matter of interest..?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:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).0 -
£225.15 (464.6 kWh) for the month
41.39% (136 kWh) over PVGIS Climate estimate for the month
What a cracking 3rd year so far, four months in :T0 -
I've not worked out PVGIS estimates yet, but just finished my first full month since install:
212 kWh generated
Best day: 24th @ 12.66 kWh4kWp system (Feb 2014) : 1.5 SW, 2.5 NE (16x Bisol BMO/250, Aurora Power-One UNO PVI-3.6 Inverter : pvoutput.org/list.jsp?id=299350 -
As you are all posting figures for the months end, I thought I'd submit mine for the 21 days since installation....
....273.3kwh. I'm not sure what the weather was like early on in the month (it's strange how you don't pay much attention before you have pv installed!), but if the last 21 days were averaged out over a full month we would have achieved over 400kwh:T
My final 12 days made 150kWh. I think it's unfair to extrapolate in the way you have done, as the weather was probably worse earlier in the month.
But I'll do it anyway.... 387.5kWh. Would have been well above PVGIS.3.924kWp (12X327Wp SunPower). SolarEdge SE3500 inverter.
Surrey/SE. 30 degree roof pitch, chimney shading from mid afternoon.0 -
Oscargrouch wrote: »Well, I never knew a GM could run backwards; you learn something new every day
I very much doubt they can. However to satisfy the premise that March Generation might be greater than March Generation plus two more months of generation, the total of those two months has to be negative.
Reductio ad absurdum !NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq50 -
Oscargrouch wrote: »Well, I never knew a GM could run backwards; you learn something new every day......life is just one big generation curve.......:rotfl:
Actually Oscar, they can. I only discovered this, this morning, as my TGM has apparently been reversing since midnight. But I hope to resolve the issue by noon today. Fingers crossed.
Mart.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.0 -
System: M1 ESE 3.58kWp
Total generation: 259kWh (2013 198kWh)
Daily average: 8.35kWh
Generation per kWp: 72.35kWh
System: M2 2.0kWp
Total generation: 114.4kWh (2013 85.9kWh)
Daily average: 3.69kWh
Generation per kWp: 57.2kWh
March closed at PVGIS +10%. Leccy import at 122kWh.
MartMart. 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.0 -
1.75 O's yesterday:D
Mar 2014 = 319kWh just over PVGIS (311kWh)
Mar 2013 = 252kWh
Mar 2012 = 350kwh...how did I do that:)
Mar 29th = least electricity used 3.1kWh = 54p (inc 19.95p S/C)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.0 -
Oscargrouch wrote: »Did yer notice what yer did today, as a matter of interest..?
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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-2022.0 -
Best March generation since my system was installed.
2011 - 122 kWh
2012 - 130 kWh
2013 - 76 kWh
2014 - 131 kWh
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