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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • countryman_2
    countryman_2 Posts: 421 Forumite
    What a miserable lot the weather was today...... 0.12 of an O today.....
    4kw PV fitted 4th July 2014 (Green Energy NW £5600). WSW facing, 30 deg Pitch, Unshaded, Samil Solar River inverter, 16 Solar World Mono panels, Iboost on Immersion Heater. located in mid Lincolnshire.
  • chris329a
    chris329a Posts: 26 Forumite
    Well it was my first day with the new PV's on the roof. If I have my calcs right (I have a 4kw system and generated exactly 1kw) it means 0.25 "O's".....Considering I had absolutely no sun with fog all day I think I've done Ok. Funny how the sun is such a preoccupation now I have PV, i'm becoming obsessed and it's only the first day!
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,002 Forumite
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    Who's got my Sun.... cos I want it back. 0.15 O's today;)
    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.
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    zeupater wrote: »
    Wait for it .... 0.05kW/kWp ....
    I'll take that spoon off you if you please, 0.037 O's on my SSW today..., that's just under 4p todaysmiley-sad027.gif
    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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    chris329a wrote: »
    Well it was my first day with the new PV's on the roof. If I have my calcs right (I have a 4kw system and generated exactly 1kw) it means 0.25 "O's".....Considering I had absolutely no sun with fog all day I think I've done Ok. Funny how the sun is such a preoccupation now I have PV, i'm becoming obsessed and it's only the first day!

    Welcome Chris, calc is spot on. My system is 3 yrs on and I am still enjoying my 'Train Set'. :rotfl:
    tunnel wrote: »
    I'll take that spoon off you if you please, 0.037 O's on my SSW today..., that's just under 4p todaysmiley-sad027.gif

    Back where it belongs then......smiley-laughing021.gif...coffee.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).
  • Sterlingtimes
    Sterlingtimes Posts: 2,528 Forumite
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    I do rather like Enphase's public display of users' generation figures:

    https://enlighten.enphaseenergy.com/public_systems

    It allows one to access one's performance alongside other users nearby.

    Do other inverter manufacturers provided this facility?
    I have osteoarthritis in my hands so I speak my messages into a microphone using Dragon. Some people make "typos" but I often make "speakos".
  • zeupater
    zeupater Posts: 5,390 Forumite
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    tunnel wrote: »
    I'll take that spoon off you if you please, 0.037 O's on my SSW today..., that's just under 4p todaysmiley-sad027.gif
    It's in the post .... keep it handy - I reckon someone will be along with a deserving tale of photonic woe soon ... :)
    "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle
    B)
  • zeupater
    zeupater Posts: 5,390 Forumite
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    Sterlingtimes wrote: »
    I do rather like Enphase's public display of users' generation figures:

    https://enlighten.enphaseenergy.com/public_systems

    It allows one to access one's performance alongside other users nearby.

    Do other inverter manufacturers provided this facility?
    Hi

    You'll probably find that PVOutput (http://pvoutput.org/) would be a better prospect for comparison ...

    HTH
    Z
    "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle
    B)
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,259 Forumite
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    Have been away since 22nd visiting our 1st Granchild Tommy Oliver who came into the world last Wednesday. Have not really given Solar PV much thought when we have had our own little ray of sunshine to get to know.

    Back today and the figures look rather depressing.

    23/11 0.177 O's
    24/11 1.143 O's
    25/11 1.486 O's
    26/11 0.141 O's
    27/11 0.085 O's

    The next 3 days need 48.11 Kwh to make my 100% PVGIS estimate for November.smiley-laughing021.gifsmiley-laughing021.gif

    smiley-hug007.gif
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • zeupater
    zeupater Posts: 5,390 Forumite
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    Merlin139 wrote: »
    ... The next 3 days need 48.11 Kwh to make my 100% PVGIS estimate for November.smiley-laughing021.gifsmiley-laughing021.gif ...
    Hi

    We need ~7.5kWh to hit November's target, but on recent form it could take until Christmas to get there .... :D

    HTH
    Z
    "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle
    B)
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