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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,391 Forumite
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    tunnel wrote: »
    Figured you might, still..it's an interesting prospect. I'm sure if the scottish voted YES then there'd be quite a few south of the border who'd like their bills re-adjusting on the green levie, can't have your cake AND eat it can you now m0918.gif

    I reckon Shavy's safe. If we lose Scotland our percentage of renewables will take a big hit as they are miles ahead of the rest of us. I think Wales is a little better than England, but nothing to shout about. Whilst Scotland is in another league.

    I hope we don't lose Shavy and his mates, if only because of the increased fines we'll face from Europe! Is that selfish? Plus us Celts are already dangerously outnumbered.

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=65245726

    Mart.
    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.
  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,088 Forumite
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    My first 11 of the year - 11.13 kWh, 5.56 O's
    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.
  • jimmyboy420
    jimmyboy420 Posts: 1,004 Forumite
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    22.84kWh for me... 5.82 Os
    3.924kWp (12X327Wp SunPower). SolarEdge SE3500 inverter.
    Surrey/SE. 30 degree roof pitch, chimney shading from mid afternoon.
  • Dodo0808
    Dodo0808 Posts: 130 Forumite
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    Not sure if I posted last few days, so a few figures all at once ;)

    Fri = 18.9kWh
    Sat = 8.0 kWh
    And today was 21.9kWh.

    Forecast for next week looks good, so hopefully more of the same to report over the next few days (fingers crossed).
    4kw (16X250w Sharp). Samil Solar River 3680 TL inverter.
    E.mids/SSE. 35 degree roof pitch, no shading.
  • Kernel_Sanders
    Kernel_Sanders Posts: 3,617 Forumite
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    KevinG wrote: »
    About 37 degrees, not particularly.
    I'm sure Eric (17°) and I would love a pitch that steep! Despite my 23° pitch, was still generating over 400W at 7.10 this evening (7 o'clock orientation). 21.86 kWh achieved.
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    Is that his country pile, or does he possibly take his name from Northampton's sink estate?
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    edited 13 April 2014 at 9:08PM
    Getting better
    WNW 9.8kWh(3.92 O's)
    ESE 10.98kWh(5.6 O's)
    SSW 11.96kWh(5.86 O's)
    Combined 32.74kWh


    That's a combined 5.03 O's
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwhvByj8YG8


    3 x hawaai


    At 7 o'clock this evening my WNW was still banging out over 600w.......S..WEET
    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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    I'm sure Eric (17°) and I would love a pitch that steep! Despite my 23° pitch, was still generating over 400W at 7.10 this evening (7 o'clock orientation). 21.86 kWh achieved.



    I'm very happy with my pitch - any steeper and I'd have problems standing up in the bedroom !


    In spite of the shallow pitch, we managed 23.09 kWh today :T
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • groovyf
    groovyf Posts: 286 Forumite
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    14kWh or so for me today, clear skies til lunchtime, the the clouds floated in. I've started adding live data to pvoutput, so I can tell when the clouds do get in the way with the troughs for the generation line.
    One thing I noticed with it, is the peaks are lower than the actual peaks (for instance, on the graph it looks like it peaked around 2.2kW, but it actually hit 3.1kW. Not too fussed as I'm more interested in how the line fluctuates as to those live figures.
    4kWp 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=29935
  • nigelpm
    nigelpm Posts: 433 Forumite
    Record day for me. Just a smidgen under 27kwh or 6.7 O

    Downside though was output peaked at 11:30 and 3.46kwh - presumably the panels were going over optimum temperature.

    Still, it was warm today and we are only mid April.

    30kwh should happen but not a lot more I'd have thought due to the heat.
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,391 Forumite
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    Really good day here too, got a cracking 26.4kWh or 4.73 Os.

    Bit jealous of all the Hawaiis folks have been getting, so if I cheat a bit and split the systems, I get WNW 8.4kWh & 4.2 Os, but the ESE gets 18kWh and just squeezes a Hawaii with a 5.028 Os. :cool:

    Hopefully a true Hawaii of 27.9kWh isn't too far away.

    Next two days look fantastic, and the five day forecast isn't bad, but a pretty rough looking half week after that. Forecast for tomorrow is for 14 solid suns, one for each daylight hour, though I think the 8pm to 9pm is a little cheeky, given that sunset is at 8.05pm.

    May the sun be with you.

    Mart.
    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.
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