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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Provisional July performance was 429.6kWh based on a 3pm reading yesterday. That's 116kWh/kWp.
8.5% ahead of PVGIS despite an awful start to the month.Cider Country Solar PV generator: 3.7kWp Enfinity system on unshaded SE (-36deg azimuth) & 45deg roof0 -
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3.20kwh today.
Shafeeq
That looks very low compared to my 7.4 (less than half rather than expected three quarters) but I can explain it.
I attended a funeral in Sheffield yesterday and weather was really dull whereas when I got back into Derbyshire there was quite a bit of sunshine.NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq50 -
9.04kWh yesterday bringing July's total to 473.3kWh
Beating June's 462.44kWh
Not quite as good as May's 497.85kWh
Total so far(just over 8.5 months) 2540kWh
Hoping to make 3500kWh for the year:D16 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 -
July generation was 1 kWh above PVGIS prediction but down on 2011.
July 2012 solar generation was 100.64% of PVGIS
July 2012 solar generation was 96.32% of July 2011
2012 year-to-date solar generation is 99.52% of PVGIS
2012 year-to-date solar generation is 93.00% of 2011 year-to-date
http://www.pvoutput.org/aggregate.jsp?id=7259&t=m0 -
Same as you GH, PVGIS +1 (what a comeback!)
System: M1 3.58kWp
Orientation 110° (South -70°), Lat: 50.5
Pitch 27°
Total generation: 390kWh
Daily average: 12.58kWh
Generation per kWp: 108.94kWh
Daily average per kWp: 3.51kWh
(System M2, still a baby (3 day old), but doing well.)
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.0 -
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First day of August has been rather better than last of July (met office predicted it would be worse !).
10.7 kWh today pvgis predicts an average August day would give 13kWh and as it happens my daily average for the last two weeks in August was 12.7NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq50 -
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7.98kwh today
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Hi Shafeeq,
that seems a little on the low side mate,My 1.96kwh system returned 9.93 today in N derbyshire,i also work in sheffield near don valley and the weathers been glorious nearly all day
Tunnel2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)0 -
Been away a couple of days, here are the numbers:-
31st July - 5.2kWh
July ended 14.8% above PVGIS for the month.
1st August - 8.5kWh
Today - 10.5kWh.
Currently at 84.9% of yearly forecasted Estimate of Production on installation. :beer: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
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