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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    Being a simple soul, I treat comparisons with PVGIS benchmarks fairly lightly. However, in the last 28 days, my system has delivered 400 kWh, which is an average of 4.34 Os per day. I think that's a telling figure for March/April!

    My system did an average of 3.51 O's but it becomes more realistic than a comparison of 246.3 kWh to 400 kWh....coffee.gif Think you are very correct, for a simple soul.....:D
    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).
  • 5 Ps and 3 Qs for me yesterday, but then I never did mind them.

    “Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people”
  • EricMears
    EricMears Posts: 3,308 Forumite
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    Think you are forgetting (ignoring) about the O's.....



    No, this sentence specifically excludes them :-



    but you'd need to be absolutely certain that it was a valid comparison - if the other set of panels were pointing in different directions or subject to a different degree of local shading the comparison would be no help at all
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • jimmyboy420
    jimmyboy420 Posts: 1,004 Forumite
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    1kWh so far today. I'm more used to having 13 by this time. This is bound to be my worst day ever.
    3.924kWp (12X327Wp SunPower). SolarEdge SE3500 inverter.
    Surrey/SE. 30 degree roof pitch, chimney shading from mid afternoon.
  • groovyf
    groovyf Posts: 286 Forumite
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    I'm expecting to find the same when I get home...
    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
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    What a day....:mad:
    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).
  • groovyf
    groovyf Posts: 286 Forumite
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    groovyf wrote: »
    I'm expecting to find the same when I get home...
    I wasn't wrong! A whopping 2.5kWh, at this time of evening it's not going to get any better now.
    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
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,979 Forumite
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    What a day....:mad:

    Me too.

    Heavy showers followed by torrential rain...no sun (or O's) whatsoever.

    Today = 2.6kWh:(

    At least my panels are clean:rotfl:
    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.
  • EricMears
    EricMears Posts: 3,308 Forumite
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    2.7 kWh here. Perhaps a tad disappointing but it's still earning more than the cost of keeping system in place. And I'm quietly confident that we'll have a lot of better days between now & November.


    Very little rain here today - but just enough to ensure that tanks are all 100% full
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • Dodo0808
    Dodo0808 Posts: 130 Forumite
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    2.7kWh here today as well.
    Forecast is for much the same over the next few days:mad:

    Ah well, at least the panels are getting a regular clean.
    4kw (16X250w Sharp). Samil Solar River 3680 TL inverter.
    E.mids/SSE. 35 degree roof pitch, no shading.
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